The tachinid fly known as Parapales sturmioides (Mesnil, 1950), from Taiwan, does not fit the concept of the genus Parapales Mesnil, 1950. A new genus, Kalimyia gen. n., is proposed to accommodate this species, as Kalimyia sturmioides (Mesnil, 1950), comb. n. Kalimyia seems more related to the genus Blepharipa Rondani, 1856 than to Parapales, and is tentatively placed in the tribe Goniini. A second species in this genus, Kalimyia estherae sp. n., is described from Nepal. As a consequence, the genus Parapales is now endemic to Madagascar

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doi.org/10.18476/2024.395167
Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History
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Zeegers, T. (2024). Kalimyia, a new genus of tachinid flies from the Oriental Region, with description of a new species (Diptera: Tachinidae). Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History, 7(2), 155–163. doi:10.18476/2024.395167

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