- Pachygaster alpina
- Pachygaster annulipes
- Pachygaster atra
- Pachygaster characta
- Pachygaster dorsalis
- Pachygaster emerita
- Pachygaster flavimana
- Pachygaster flavipennis
- Pachygaster kerteszi
- Pachygaster leachii
- Pachygaster maura
- Pachygaster montana
- Pachygaster nigripes
- Pachygaster piriventris
- Pachygaster pulchra
- Pachygaster subatra
- Pachygaster wirthi
- Pachygaster antiquus
- Pachygaster hymenaea
Pachygaster is a nearly cosmopolitan genus. Two species are native to Irian Jaya (Indonesia); two more are native to India, Malaysia, and Thailand; five species are endemic to Europe and Eastern Russia; two species are found around the Mediterranean Sea; P. wirthi is found on Antigua and Dominica; P. flavipennis has been collected in Honduras; P. montana is native to Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico; and P. characta is found in Texas (Woodley 2001). The larvae of Pachygaster piriventris, from India and Malaysia, have been found at internodes of decaying bamboo (Woodley 2001). Pachygaster antiquus and P. hymenaea are known from Mexican and Dominican amber, respectively (Grund & Hauser 2005).
Pachygaster can be distinguished from other Nearctic Pachygastrinae by the following characteristics: Scutellum without distinct posterior rim; hairs on sides of scutum not flattened; R4 and R5 separate (James 1981).
Grund, M. and M. Hauser. 2005. Pachygaster hymenaea sp. nov. and P. antiqua James, 1971 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Neotropical ambers. Zootaxa 1061:29-34.
James, M. T. 1981. Chapter 36: Stratiomyidae. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. 1:497-511
Krivosheina, N. P. 2004. A review of the stratiomyid-fly genera Neopachygaster Austen, Eupachygaster Kertesz and Pachygaster Meigen (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) from Russia and neighbouring countries. Ent. Obozr. 83:490-506.
Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
Information on the Internet
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Pachygaster pulchra.
- Diptera.info. Image of Pachygaster atra.
- UMN: Cedar Creek Insects. Image of Pachygaster.
- Zootaxa. Grund and Hauser (2005) pdf.
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