Neotachina

Neotachina is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.^[2] The four known species in this genus were collected in New Zealand in 1938 and described by Scottish entomologist John Russell Malloch.^[3]

Neotachina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Proscissionini
Genus:	Neotachina Malloch, 1938[1]

Diagnosis

This genus keys out together with Chaetopletha, Phaoniella, Platytachina, Plethochaetigera, and Tachineo. It is considerably difficult to find satisfactory external characters to distinguish these genera in a dichotomous key. This difficulty is expressed by Malloch 1938 several times over as well as by Dugdale 1969. A thorough revision at the genus level is needed that includes molecular analysis, rearing and collecting of new material.

Species

• Neotachina angusticornis Malloch, 1938^[1]
• Neotachina depressa Malloch, 1938^[1]
• Neotachina laticornis Malloch, 1938^[1]
• Neotachina obtusa Malloch, 1938^[1]