# Polygaster

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{{Short description|Genus of flies}}
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| taxon = Polygaster
| authority = [Wulp](/source/Frederik_Maurits_van_der_Wulp), 1890<ref name="Wulp1890a">{{cite book |last1=Wulp |first1=F.M. van der |title=Fam. Muscidae. Pp. 41–56. [Cont.] In: Godman, F.D. and Salvin, O., eds., Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Zoologia. Class Insecta. Order Diptera. Vol. II. [1888–1903.] |date=1890 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=London |pages=489 pp + 13 pls}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[Polygaster ivu](/source/Polygaster_ivu)''
| type_species_authority = [Wulp](/source/Frederik_Maurits_van_der_Wulp), 1890<ref name="Wulp1890a"/><!-- egrejia Wulp, 1890 (By Subsequent monotypy) Wulp 1890: 139-->
| synonyms =*''Polyhaster'' <small>Zetina, Et Al. 2018</small><ref name="ZetinaEtAl2018">{{cite journal |last1=Zetina |first1=D.H. |last2=Romero-Napoles |first2=J. |last3=Contreras-Ramos |first3=A. |last4=Carrillo-Sánchez |first4=J.L. |title=Checklist of Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) in Mexico |journal=Transactions of the American Entomological Society |date=2018 |volume=144 |pages=1–89|doi=10.3157/061.144.0113 }}</ref>
*''Polygastropsis'' <small>[Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1919</small><ref name="Townsend1919a">{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=Charles Henry Tyler |title=New muscoid genera, species and synonymy (Diptera) |journal=Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus |date=1919 |volume=6 |issue=157–182 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8197836#page/393/mode/1up |access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
*''Actinomintho'' <small>[Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1928</small><ref name="Townsend1928">{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=C.H.T. |title=New Muscoidea from humid tropical South America |journal=Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1928 |volume=44 |pages=143–154}}</ref>
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'''''Polygaster''''' is a genus of [flies](/source/Fly) in the family [Tachinidae](/source/Tachinidae).<ref name="OHara2020">{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=16 February 2024 |date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

==Species==
*''[Polygaster brasiliensis](/source/Polygaster_brasiliensis)'' <small>[Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1917</small><ref name="Townsend1917">{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=C.H.T. |title=Second paper on Brazilian Muscoidea collected by Herbert H. Smith |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |date=1917 |volume=37 |pages=221–233 |url=https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/641//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B037a06.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref>
*''[Polygaster egregia](/source/Polygaster_egregia)'' <small>[Wulp](/source/Frederik_Maurits_van_der_Wulp), 1890</small><ref name="Wulp1890a"/>
*''[Polygaster ivu](/source/Polygaster_ivu)'' <small>([Townsend](/source/Charles_Henry_Tyler_Townsend), 1928)</small><ref name="Townsend1928"/>

==References==
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Category:Dexiinae
Category:Brachycera genera
Category:Taxa named by Frederik Maurits van der Wulp
Category:Flies of South America
Category:Flies of North America

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