# Polideini

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**Polideini** is a tribe of bristle flies in the family [Tachinidae](/source/Tachinidae).[1][2] The tribe is unusual for its diversity of hosts, including spiders, scorpions, and centipedes in addition to the usual insect larvae.[3]

## Genera

- *[Andicesa](/source/Andicesa)* Koçak & Kemal, 2010[4]
- *[Arctosoma](/source/Arctosoma)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]
- *[Chlorohystricia](/source/Chlorohystricia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1927[6]
- *[Chromatocera](/source/Chromatocera)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1915[7]
- *[Chrysotachina](/source/Chrysotachina)* [Brauer](/source/Friedrich_Moritz_Brauer) & [von Bergenstamm](/source/Julius_von_Bergenstamm), 1889[8]
- *[Comops](/source/Comops)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]
- *[Deloblepharis](/source/Deloblepharis)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]
- *[Desantisodes](/source/Desantisodes)* Cortés, 1973[9]
- *[Dichocera](/source/Dichocera)* [Williston](/source/Samuel_Wendell_Williston), 1895[10]
- *[Dolichostoma](/source/Dolichostoma)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1912[11]
- *[Ecuadorana](/source/Ecuadorana)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1912[11]
- *[Ernestiopsis](/source/Ernestiopsis)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1931[12]
- *[Eucheirophaga](/source/Eucheirophaga)* James, 1945[13]
- *[Euscopolia](/source/Euscopolia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1892[14]
- *[Exoernestia](/source/Exoernestia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1927[6]
- *[Exoristoides](/source/Exoristoides)* [Coquillett](/source/Daniel_William_Coquillett), 1897[15]
- *[Ganoproctus](/source/Ganoproctus)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]
- *[Homalactia](/source/Homalactia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1915[7]
- *[Hystricia](/source/Hystricia)* [Macquart](/source/Pierre-Justin-Marie_Macquart), 1844[16]
- *[Lydina](/source/Lydina)* [Robineau-Desvoidy](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Robineau-Desvoidy), 1830[17]
- *[Lygaeomyia](/source/Lygaeomyia)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]
- *[Lypha](/source/Lypha)* [Robineau-Desvoidy](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Robineau-Desvoidy), 1830[17]
- *[Mactomyia](/source/Mactomyia)* Reinhard, 1958[18]
- *[Mauromyia](/source/Mauromyia)* [Coquillett](/source/Daniel_William_Coquillett), 1897[15]
- *[Mesembrierigone](/source/Mesembrierigone)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1931[12]
- *[Micronychia](/source/Micronychia_(fly))* [Brauer](/source/Friedrich_Moritz_Brauer) & [von Bergenstamm](/source/Julius_von_Bergenstamm), 1889[8]
- *[Nigrilypha](/source/Nigrilypha)* O’Hara, 2002[3]
- *[Notoderus](/source/Notoderus)* Cortés, 1986[19]
- *[Ollacheryphe](/source/Ollacheryphe)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1927[6]
- *[Opsophasiopteryx](/source/Opsophasiopteryx)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1917[20]
- *[Opticopteryx](/source/Opticopteryx)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1931[12]
- *[Ostracophyto](/source/Ostracophyto)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1915[21]
- *[Pachycheta](/source/Pachycheta)* [Portschinsky](/source/Josef_Aloizievitsch_Portschinsky), 1881[22]
- *[Petagnia](/source/Petagnia)* [Rondani](/source/Camillo_Rondani), 1856[23]
- *[Prolypha](/source/Prolypha)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1934[24]
- *[Pseudobombyliomyia](/source/Pseudobombyliomyia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1931[12]
- *[Punamyia](/source/Punamyia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1915[25]
- *[Pyrrhoernestia](/source/Pyrrhoernestia)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1931[12]
- *[Spilochaetosoma](/source/Spilochaetosoma)* Smith, 1917[26]
- *[Tarpessita](/source/Tarpessita)* Reinhard, 1967[27]
- *[Telodytes](/source/Telodytes)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]
- *[Visayalydina](/source/Visayalydina)* [Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1926[28]
- *[Xanthopelta](/source/Xanthopelta)* [Aldrich](/source/John_Merton_Aldrich), 1934[5]

## References

1. O'Hara, James E. ["Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico"](http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Nearctic/CatNAmer/Home/CatNAmerhome.html). *Tachinidae Resources*

1. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). ["Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World"](http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf). *Tachinidae Resources*. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

1. O'Hara, James E. (2002). ["Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America North of Mexico"](http://www.studia-dipt.de/suppl10.htm). *Studia dipterologica*. **Suppl. 10**: 1–170. ISBN 3-932795-15-6.

1. Koçak, A.Ö. & Kemal, M. (2010). "Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of some families (Diptera)". *Priamus*. **12**: 156–160.

1. Aldrich, J.M. (1934). "Tachinidae". *Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile*. **7**: 1–170.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). ["Synopse dos generos muscoideos da regiao humida tropical da America, con generos e especies novas"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484478#page/270/mode/1up). *Revista do Museu Paulista*. **15**: 203–385. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). ["Proposal of new muscoid genera for old species"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3338457#page/45/mode/1up). *Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington*. **28**: 19–23. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

1. Brauer, F. & Bergenstamm, J.E. von (1889). ["Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae)"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7109187#page/115/mode/1up). *Pars I. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien*. **56** (1): 69–180, 11 pls. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

1. Cortes, R. (1973). "Taquinidoes chilenos nuevos o poco conocidos 3. (Diptera, Tachinidae)". *[Revista Chilena de Entomología](/source/Revista_Chilena_de_Entomolog%C3%ADa)*. **7**: 97–105.

1. Williston, S.W. (1895). ["A new tachinid with remarkable antennae"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2582847#page/43/mode/1up). *Entomological News*. **6**: 29–32. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1912). ["Description of new genera and species of muscoid flies from the Andean and Pacific Coast regions of South America"](https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/14378/USNMP-43_1935_1912.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y). *Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus.*. **43** (1935): 301–367. [doi:10.5479/si.00963801.1935.301](https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.1935.301). Retrieved 9 June 2023.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1931). "New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. [Concl.] .". *1*. **Revista de Entomologia**: 437–479.

1. James, M.T. (1945). "A new larvaevorid parasite of the social butterfly *Eucheira socialis* Westwood". *Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences*. **35**: 328–330.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1892). ["Notes on North American Tachinidae sens. str. with descriptions of new genera and species. Paper III"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7804008#page/100/mode/1up). *Transactions of the American Entomological Society*. **19**: 88–132. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

1. Coquillett, D.W. (1897). ["Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/164479#page/3/mode/1up). *Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture*. **7**: 156. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

1. Macquart, P.J.M. (1844). *Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième.—3e partie. "1843"*. Paris: Roret. p. 304.

1. Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1830). ["Essai sur les myodaires"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3472165#page/9/mode/1up). *Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques)*. **2** (2): 1–813. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

1. Reinhard, H.J. (1958). "New genera and species of North American Tachinidae (Diptera)". *Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society*. **31**: 225–232.

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1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1917). ["Second paper on Brazilian Muscoidea collected by Herbert H. Smith"](https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/641//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B037a06.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y). *Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History*. **37**: 221–233. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). ["New western and southwestern Muscoidea"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8197385#page/274/mode/1up). *Journal of the New York Entomological Society*. **23**: 216–234. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

1. Portschinsky, J.A. (1881). ["Diptera europaea et asiatica nova aut minus cognita"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12562555#page/470/mode/1up). *Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, Variis Sermonibus in Rossia Usitatis Editae*. **16**: 136–145. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

1. Rondani, Camillo (1856). *Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata.*. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2] pp.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1934). "New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies. [Cont.]". *Revista de Entomologia*. **4**: 201–212.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). ["New Neotropical muscoid flies"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692534#page/547/mode/1up). *Proceedings of the United States National Museum*. **49** (2115): 405–440. [doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2115.405](https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2115.405). Retrieved 18 March 2022.

1. Smith, H.E. (1917). ["Notes on North American Tachinidae, including the description of one new genus"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2571226#page/392/mode/1up). *Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington*. **19**: 122–126. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

1. Reinhard, H.J. (1967). "New Nearctic and Neotropical Muscoidean Diptera (Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae)". *Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society*. **40**: 94–110.

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1926). "New Holarctic Muscoidea (Diptera)". *Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus*. **14**: 24–41.

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