Pachygaster

Pachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.^[8][9]

Pachygaster
Female Pachygaster atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Pachygastrinae
Genus:	Pachygaster Meigen, 1803[1]
Type species
Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1797[2]
Synonyms
Vappo Latreille, 1804[3] Pachigaster Róndani, 1856[4] Praomyia Kertész, 1916[5] Alphapachygaster Pleske, 1922[6] Alphapachygaster Pleske, 1924[7]

Pachygaster differ from other Pachygastrinae morphologically in that their wings have separate R4 and R5 radial veins, their scutellum lacks a distinct posterior rim, and the hairs on the sides of their mesonotum are not flattened. ^[10][11]

Species

• Pachygaster annulipes Brunetti, 1920^[12]
• Pachygaster antiquus James, 1971^[13]
• Pachygaster atra (Panzer, 1797)^[2]
• Pachygaster characta Kraft & Cook, 1961^[14]
• Pachygaster dorsalis Lindner, 1957^[15]
• Pachygaster emerita Krivosheina & Freidberg, 2004^[16]
• Pachygaster flavimanus Lindner, 1957^[15]
• Pachygaster flavipennis Hull, 1942^[17]
• Pachygaster hymenaea Grund & Hauser, 2005^[18]
• Pachygaster kerteszi Szilády, 1941^[19]
• Pachygaster leachii Curtis, 1824^[20]
• Pachygaster maura Lindner, 1939^[21]
• Pachygaster montana Kraft & Cook, 1961^[14]
• Pachygaster piriventris Rozkošný & Kovac, 1998^[22]
• Pachygaster pulcher Loew, 1863^[23]
• Pachygaster subatra Krivosheina, 2004^[24]
• Pachygaster wirthi James, 1967^[25]