Houghia
genus of insects
Houghia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Species
Houghia aerata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia analis (Townsend, 1931) (Synonym: Anhangabahuia analis Townsend, 1931)
Houghia approximata (Wulp, 1890) (Synonym: Anisia approximata van der Wulp, 1890)
Houghia aurata (Townsend, 1934)
Houghia aurifera Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia aurometallica (Townsend, 1927) (Synonym: Bolohoughia aurometallica Townsend, 1927)
Houghia biseriata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia bistrigata (Wulp, 1890) (Synonym: Masicera bistrigata van der Wulp, 1890)
Houghia bivittata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia blancoi Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia brevipilosa Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia calcarata (Wulp, 1890) (Synonym: Masicera calcarata van der Wulp, 1890)
Houghia chavarriae Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia chlorescens (Townsend, 1935) (Synonym: Chrysohoughia chlorescens Townsend, 1935)
Houghia coccidella (Townsend, 1909)(Synonyms: Eumasicera coccidella Townsend, 1909, Pacidianus hirsutus Reinhard, 1943)
Houghia confinis Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia crypta (Townsend, 1934) (Synonym: Carceliocephala crypta Townsend, 1934)
Houghia delospilota Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia destituta Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia facialis (Townsend, 1929) (Synonym: Actinoprosopa facialis Townsend, 1927)
Houghia fimbriata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia gracilis Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia graciloides Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia griseifrons Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia impedita (Wulp, 1890) (Synonym: Masicera impedita van der Wulp, 1890)
Houghia inflatipalpis Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia lateralis (Curran, 1934) (Synonym: Aridalia lateralis Curran, 1934)
Houghia latigena Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia latilobus Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia leptitrichopus (Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891) (Synonyms: Sisyropa leptotrichopa Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, Pammaerus leptotrichopa (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891), Sturmia orbitalis Curran, 1934, Houghia orbitalis (Curran, 1934))
Houghia longicercus Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia longipilosa Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia luteiventris Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia macilenta Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia marini Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia maris (Townsend, 1929) (Synonym: Actinoprosopa maris Townsend, 1929)
Houghia marmorata (Townsend, 1927)
Houghia matarritai Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia minor Thompson, 1963 (Synonym: Eumacrohoughia minor Thompson, 1963)
Houghia nigripalpis Reinhard, 1967
Houghia nigrofemur Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia nuda (Townsend, 1927) (Synonym: Eumacrohoughia nuda Townsend, 1927)
Houghia ochrofemur Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia omissa Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia orbitalis (Townsend, 1927) (Synonym: Verrugomyia orbitalis Townsend, 1927)
Houghia pallida Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia parmata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia parva (Townsend, 1935) (Synonym: Pararrhinactia parva Townsend, 1935)
Houghia pilosifrons Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia plagioides (Wulp, 1890)
Houghia punctiger (Townsend, 1927) (Synonym: Petrargyrops punctiger Townsend, 1927)
Houghia quadra (Wiedemann, 1830) (Synonyms: Tachina quadra Wiedemann, 1830, Pammaerus quadra (Wiedemann, 1830))
Houghia romeroae Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia setinervis (Coquillett, 1898) (Synonym: Hypostena setinervis Coquillett, 1898)
Houghia setipennis Coquillett, 1897
Houghia sexmaculata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia sexualis (Curran, 1934) (Synonym: Agrarialia sexualis Curran, 1934)
Houghia similima (Thompson, 1963) (Synonym: Carceliocephala simillima Thompson, 1963)
Houghia similis (Townsend, 1927) (Synonym: Sisyrohoughia similis Townsend, 1927)
Houghia sordida (Wulp, 1890) (Synonym: Masicera sordida van der Wulp, 1890)
Houghia spathulata Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia sternalis (Coquillett, 1897) (Synonyms: Sturmia sternalis Coquillett, 1897, Pacidianus persimilis Reinhard, 1943)
Houghia tenuiseta (Macquart, 1846) (Synonym: Masicera tenuiseta Macquart, 1846)
Houghia triangularis Fleming & Wood, 2014
Houghia tropica (Townsend, 1934) (Synonym: Tapajohoughia tropica Townsend, 1934)
Houghia velutina Fleming & Wood, 2014
H. baccharis Reinhard, 1922 was moved to Microsillus (now a synonym of Siphosturmia).
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