Protohystricia

Protohystricia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[5] Their larvae are deposited next to the burrows of porina moth caterpillars, which they will locate and parasitise.^[6]

Protohystricia
Unidentified Protohystricia fly resting on information sign at Hinewai Reserve
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Protohystriciini
Genus:	Protohystricia Malloch, 1929[1]
Type species
Hystricia pachyprocta Nowicki, 1875[2]
Synonyms
Hexamera Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889[3] Homohexamera Townsend, 1934[4]

Species

• Protohystricia alcis (Walker, 1849)^[7]
• Protohystricia gourlayi (Tonnoir, 1935)^[8]
• Protohystricia huttoni Malloch, 1930^[9]
• Protohystricia orientalis (Schiner, 1868)^[10]

Distribution

New Zealand.