This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji (2019): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Japan, with notes on the Oriental species B. lateralis Macquart. Zootaxa 4615 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.6

Abstract

The genus Blepharella Macquart belongs to the tribe Goniini of the Tachinidae (Diptera). Three new species of this genus are described from Japan (B. bomolocha sp. nov., B. grisescens sp. nov., and B. yaeyamana sp. nov.) and B. nigra Mesnil is redescribed. Blepharella tenuparafacialis Chao & Shi is synonymized with the type species B. lateralis Macquart, syn. nov. and the male and female terminalia of B. lateralis are described and illustrated. The microtype eggs of B. bomolocha, B. nigra and B. lateralis are illustrated for the first time.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f0dd7b70-5bc1-4a25-9d38-ddf68afed9dd
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFC3FFF61C6F1360FFF0FFEDFF98FFE3
Citation: Shima H, Tachi T, felipe (2019). The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Japan, with notes on the Oriental species B. lateralis Macquart. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.