Madremyia saundersii

Madremyia saundersii
	Madremyia saundersii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Eryciini
Genus:	Madremyia
Species:	M. saundersii
Binomial name
	Madremyia saundersii; (Williston, 1889)
Synonyms
	Madremyia parva Townsend, 1916; Phorocera saundersii Williston, 1889;

Madremyia saundersii is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.^[3]^[4] It is a parasitoid of late-instar Choristoneura species, emerging from the sixth instar or pupal stage of its host.^[5] It also parasitizes the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).^[6]

Distribution

Canada, United States, Mexico.

References

^ ^a ^b Williston, S.W. (1889). The dipterous parasites of North American butterflies. Pp. 1912–1924 + pl. 89. In: Scudder, S.H., ed., The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada with special reference to New England. Vol. 3. Published by author, Cambridge. pp. 1775–1958 + pl. 89.
^ Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1916). "New genera and species of muscoid flies" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 51 (2152): 299–323. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2152.299.
^ O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
^ O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ O’Hara, James E. (12 April 2005). "A review of the tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with keys to adults and puparia". Zootaxa. 938 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.938.1.1.
^ Oberhauser, Karen; Elmquist, Dane; Perilla-Lopez, Juan Manuel; Gebhard, Ilse; Lukens, Laura; Stireman, John (November 2017). "Tachinid Fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Parasitoids of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 110 (6). Oxford University Press: 536–543. doi:10.1093/aesa/sax048. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

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[Williston1889-1] Williston, S.W. (1889). The dipterous parasites of North American butterflies. Pp. 1912–1924 + pl. 89. In: Scudder, S.H., ed., The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada with special reference to New England. Vol. 3. Published by author, Cambridge. pp. 1775–1958 + pl. 89.

[Townsend1916g-2] Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1916). "New genera and species of muscoid flies" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 51 (2152): 299–323. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2152.299.

[NorthOfMexico-3] O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.

[OHara2020-4] O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[5] O’Hara, James E. (12 April 2005). "A review of the tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with keys to adults and puparia". Zootaxa. 938 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.938.1.1.

[6] Oberhauser, Karen; Elmquist, Dane; Perilla-Lopez, Juan Manuel; Gebhard, Ilse; Lukens, Laura; Stireman, John (November 2017). "Tachinid Fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Parasitoids of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 110 (6). Oxford University Press: 536–543. doi:10.1093/aesa/sax048. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

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