A CONSPECTUS OF THE TACHINIDAE (DIPTERA) 



OF AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING KEYS TO THE 



SUPRASPECIFIC TAXA AND TAXONOMIC 



AND HOST CATALOGUES 



By R. W. CROSSKEY 



CONTENTS 



Synopsis ........... 



Preamble ........... 



Part I - Keys to the supraspecific taxa of Australian Tachinidae 

 Introduction ......... 



Material and methods ........ 



An annotated glossary of characters and terms used in the keys . 

 Key to Australian subfamilies of Tachinidae .... 



Subfamily Phasiinae with keys to the tribes and genera 

 Subfamily Proseninae (Dexiinae) with keys to the tribes and genera 

 Subfamily Tachininae with keys to the tribes and genera . 

 Subfamily Goniinae with keys to the tribes and genera 



Part II - A taxonomic catalogue of the Australian Tachinidae 

 Introduction ........ 



Explanatory information on the catalogue format 

 Synopsis of the catalogue arrangement of tribes and genera 

 The taxonomic catalogue ...... 



Summary of nomenclatural changes established in the catalogue 

 Lectotype designations ....... 



Summary of Australian nominal species for which types are lost or 

 missing ......... 



Part III - A host catalogue for the Australian Tachinidae 



Introduction ....... 



A synopsis of the host-relations of Australian Tachinidae 



Parasite-host list . 



Host-parasite list . 

 Acknowledgements 

 References . 

 Illustrations 

 Appendix 



Index to family-group names 

 Index to genus-group names 

 Index to species-group names 



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