meCONSPECTUS OF THE TACHINIDAE (DIPTERA) 
PE AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING KEYS TO THE 
SUPRASPECIFIC TAXA AND TAXONOMIC 
aN HOST CA TREOGUES 
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 i in the — 
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 i 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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