Check-list of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT. In the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which is composed by four macroregions, Cerrado, Chaco, Atlantic Forest and Pantanal, there are 39 species and 24 genera of Tachinidae based on the literature. The subfamily Tachininae, with 15 species occurring in the State, has the highest representativeness, while the other subfamilies, Exoristinae, Phasiinae, and Dexiinae, with respectively 14, 7 and 3 species.

First record of parasitoidism of Reduviidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) by Xanthomelanodes Townsend, 1893 (Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae) in the Neotropical region

“…brasiliensis species at this moment. There are 11 Xanthomelanodes species recorded from the Neotropical Region, and a single species (X. brasiliensis Townsend, 1929) is recorded from Brazil (Guimarães 1971;Nihei et al 2023), however a taxonomic revision of the genus in the Region is needed, as the range of some Central American species need to be expanded, and possible new species need to be described. There are also problems with male/female association, and the X. brasiliensis type material examined was a male.…”