A TAXONOMIC CONSPECTUS OF THE 



TACHINIDAE (DIPTERA) 



OF THE ORIENTAL REGION 



By R. W. CROSSKEY 



CONTENTS 



Synopsis 

 Preamble 



Part I - Keys to the supraspecific taxa of Oriental Tachinidae 

 Introduction ......... 



Practical identification and subfamily recognition 



Key to subfamilies of Oriental Tachinidae .... 



Alternative key to subfamilies of Oriental Tachinidae 



Partial key to Oriental subfamilies or tribes according to host groups 



Subfamily Phasiinae: keys to the tribes and genera 



Subfamily Dufouriinae: keys to the tribes and genera 



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



Subfamily Tachininae : keys to the tribes and genera 



Subfamily Goniinae: keys to the tribes and genera 



Part II - A taxonomic catalogue of the Oriental Tachinidae 

 Introduction ......... 



Explanatory information on the catalogue format 



Synopsis of the catalogue arrangement of subfamilies, tribes and genera 



The taxonomic catalogue ....... 



List of putative Oriental Tachinidae excluded from the catalogue 

 Summary of nomenclatural changes established in the catalogue 

 Lectotype designations ...... 



Summary of Oriental species-group names for which types are 

 missing ......... 



Part III - A host catalogue for the Oriental Tachinidae 

 Introduction ........ 



A synopsis of the host-relations of Oriental Tachinidae 

 Parasite-host list ....... 



Host-parasite list ........ 



lost or 



Acknowledgements ...... 



Addendum to my conspectus of Australian Tachinidae 

 References ........ 



Illustrations ....... 



Appendix ........ 



Index to family-group names. .... 



Index to genus-group names .... 



Index to species-group names .... 



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