IRMNG - Lixophaga Townsend, 1908

IRMNG taxon details

Lixophaga Townsend, 1908

IRMNG_ID

1209093 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1209093)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tachinidae Bigot, 1853

Synonymised names

Actinophryno Townsend, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Actinotachina Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Biohypostena Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cataphorinia Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Chaquimayoia Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Chrysoprospherysa Townsend, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Epiprospherysa Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Erycioides Curran, 1930 · unaccepted

Euprospherysa Townsend, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euzenilla Townsend, 1912 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Euzenillia Curran, 1934 · unaccepted > unavailable name (later usage, Neave mistakenly...)

later usage, Neave mistakenly lists "Euzenilla" as the original spelling

Euzenillia Townsend, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euzenilliopsis Townsend, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Itabiomyia Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lydellactia Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Messiomyia Reinhard, 1955 · unaccepted

Paranetia Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paraprospherysa Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Phrynofrontina Townsend, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Plaxactia Townsend, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Prolixophaga Townsend, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Prophorinia Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ptilolydella Townsend, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Urophyllopsis Townsend, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (17)

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Species Lixophaga beardsleyi Hardy, 1981
Species Lixophaga cinerea Yang, 1988
Species Lixophaga dyscerae Shi, 1991
Species Lixophaga fallax Mesnil, 1963
Species Lixophaga fasciata Curran, 1930
Species Lixophaga jennei Aldrich, 1926
Species Lixophaga latigena Shima, 1979
Species Lixophaga limoniina Richter, 1995
Species Lixophaga mediocris Aldrich, 1925
Species Lixophaga opaca Reinhard, 1945
Species Lixophaga orbitalis Aldrich, 1926
Species Lixophaga parva Townsend, 1908
Species Lixophaga plumbea Aldrich, 1925
Species Lixophaga remora Reinhard, 1953
Species Lixophaga scintilla Reinhard, 1953
Species Lixophaga stenomae Curran, 1935
Species Lixophaga tenuiseta Herting, 1973

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Townsend, C. H. (1908). The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 51(1803): 1-138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25140423
page(s): 86 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Lixophaga Townsend, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1209093 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (31)

original description Townsend, C. H. (1908). The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 51(1803): 1-138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25140423
page(s): 86 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present [details]

verified source for family www.diptera.org (Aug 2011) [details]

current name source Evenhuis, N. L.; Pont, A. C.; Whitmore, D. (2015). Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part IV: Charles Henry Tyler Townsend. Zootaxa. 3978(1): 1-362., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279868508 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Lydellactia Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 279 [details]

original description (of Epiprospherysa Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 277 [details]

original description (of Chrysoprospherysa Townsend, 1928) Townsend, C.H.T. (1928). New Muscoidea from humid tropical South America. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 44(3-4): 143-154., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/WEZ_44_0143-0154.pdf
page(s): 148 [details]

original description (of Cataphorinia Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 280 [details]

original description (of Phrynofrontina Townsend, 1919) Townsend, H. T. (1919). New genera and species of muscoid flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56(2301): 541-592., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541
page(s): 579 [details]

original description (of Urophyllopsis Townsend, 1916) Townsend, C.H. (1916). Diagnoses of new genera of muscoid flies founded on old species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 49(2128): 617-633., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692031
page(s): 625 [details]

original description (of Euzenillia Curran, 1934) Curran, C. H. (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. Ballou Press, New York. 512 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29874
page(s): 501 [details]

original description (of Messiomyia Reinhard, 1955) J. Kansas Ent. Soc., 28
page(s): 124 [details]

original description (of Ptilolydella Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 278 [details]

original description (of Erycioides Curran, 1930) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 61
page(s): 103 [details]

original description (of Itabiomyia Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 280 [details]

original description (of Euprospherysa Townsend, 1928) Townsend, C.H.T. (1928). New Muscoidea from humid tropical South America. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 44(3-4): 143-154., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/WEZ_44_0143-0154.pdf
page(s): 147 [details]

original description (of Chaquimayoia Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 235 [details]

original description (of Paranetia Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 277 [details]

original description (of Euzenilliopsis Townsend, 1916) Townsend, C.H.T. (1916). Some new North American muscoid forms. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 4(3): 73-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8221465
page(s): 76 [details]

original description (of Biohypostena Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 280 [details]

original description (of Actinophryno Townsend, 1928) Townsend, C.H.T. (1928). New Muscoidea from humid tropical South America. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 44(3-4): 143-154., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/WEZ_44_0143-0154.pdf
page(s): 148 [details]

original description (of Paraprospherysa Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 280 [details]

original description (of Prolixophaga Townsend, 1934) Townsend, C. H. (1934). New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies. Revista de Entomologia. 4(2): 201-212, (3): 390-406.
page(s): 404 [details]

original description (of Plaxactia Townsend, 1931) Townsend, C.H.T. (1931). New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. Revista de Entomologia. 1(3):313-354, 437-479.
page(s): 476 [details]

original description (of Actinotachina Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 278 [details]

original description (of Euzenilla Townsend, 1912) Townsend, C.H.T. (1912). Foundation of some new genera and species of muscoid flies mainly on reproductive and early-stage characters. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 20(2): 107-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8193914
page(s): 111 [details]

original description (of Prophorinia Townsend, 1927) Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). Synopse dos genero muscoideos da região humida neotropical da America, com generos e especies novas. Revista do Museu Paulista. 15(1): 203-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484476
page(s): 277 [details]

original description (of Euzenillia Townsend, 1911) Townsend, C.H. (1911). Announcement of Further Results Secured in the Study of Muscoid Flies. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 4(2): 127-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16270509
page(s): 148 [details]