Calodexia

Calodexia is a Neotropical genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. Females follow columns of army ants, apparently waiting for cockroaches to be flushed from hiding.^[11][12]

Calodexia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Calodexia Wulp, 1891[1]
Type species
Calodexia majuscula Wulp, 1891[1]
Synonyms
Calothelaira Townsend, 1927[2] Chaetonalia Curran, 1934[3] Eucalodexia Townsend, 1908[4] Euoestrogaster Townsend, 1935[5] Euoestrogastrodes Townsend, 1935[5] Monoestrogaster Townsend, 1939[6] Nicetria Reinhard, 1953 Oestrogaster Townsend, 1912[7] Oestrogastrodes Townsend, 1915[8] Oestrogastropsis Townsend, 1915[8] Ommaleskia Townsend, 1917[9] Parathelaira Townsend, 1919[10]

Species

• Calodexia agilis Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia aldrichi Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia apicalis Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia bella Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia bequaerti Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia bigoti Nihei & Dios, 2016
• Calodexia callani Thompson, 1968^[14]
• Calodexia caudata Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia continua Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia dives Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia fasciata Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia flavescens (Townsend, 1935)
• Calodexia flavicornis (Wulp, 1890)^[15]
• Calodexia flavipes (Schiner, 1868)
• Calodexia fulvibasis Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia fumosa (Townsend, 1912)
• Calodexia fuscus (Townsend, 1935)
• Calodexia globosa (Reinhard, 1953)
• Calodexia grata (Wulp, 1890)^[15]
• Calodexia insolita Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia interrupta Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia lateralis (Curran, 1934)^[13]
• Calodexia major Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia majuscula Wulp, 1891^[1]
• Calodexia mattoensis (Townsend, 1939)
• Calodexia mexicana (Townsend, 1915)
• Calodexia neofumosa Nihei & Dios, 2016
• Calodexia nigripes Thompson, 1968^[14]
• Calodexia panamensis Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia panamensis (Townsend, 1919)
• Calodexia peponis (Reinhard, 1953)
• Calodexia rubripes Thompson, 1968^[14]
• Calodexia scurra (Wulp, 1890)^[15]
• Calodexia signata (Wulp, 1890)^[16]
• Calodexia similis (Townsend, 1915)^[15]
• Calodexia strigosa (Wulp, 1890)^[15]
• Calodexia townsendi Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia valera Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia varia Curran, 1934^[13]
• Calodexia venteris Curran, 1934^[13]