Culcua

Culcua
	A Culcua species from India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Pachygastrinae
Genus:	Culcua; Walker, 1856
Type species
	Culcua simulans Walker, 1856;

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Culcua is a genus of flies in the subfamily Pachygastrinae that are found only in the Indomalayan realm. About eleven species have been described. They have a disc-shaped flagellum to the antenna and have a arista or hair arising from it. The scutellum typically has four strong spines and the abdomen is nearly spherical.^[1]

SpeciesEdit

Species in the genus include:

Culcua albopilosa
Culcua argentea
Culcua chaineyi
Culcua fasciata
Culcua lingafelteri^[2]
Culcua kolibaci
Culcua kovaci
Culcua nigra
Culcua normani
Culcua ornans
Culcua simulans

ReferencesEdit

↑ Rozkošný, Rudolf; Kozánek, Milan (2007). "A review of the Oriental Culcua with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 38: 35. doi:10.1163/187631207788784030.
↑ Woodley, Norman E. (2012). "A new species of Culcua Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Vietnam". Insecta Mundi. 0243 (759): 1–4.

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[1] Rozkošný, Rudolf; Kozánek, Milan (2007). "A review of the Oriental Culcua with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 38: 35. doi:10.1163/187631207788784030.

[2] Woodley, Norman E. (2012). "A new species of Culcua Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Vietnam". Insecta Mundi. 0243 (759): 1–4.

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Culcua

A Culcua species from India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Pachygastrinae
Genus:	Culcua Walker, 1856
Type species
Culcua simulans Walker, 1856