Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
The name "Gymnosoma" literally translates as "naked body", and presumably refers to the fact that some species in the genus are less conspicuously bristly than most species of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Species Gymnosoma acrosterni Kugler, 1971 Gymnosoma amplifrons (Brooks, 1946) Gymnosoma brachypeltae Dupuis, 1961 Gymnosoma brevicorne Villeneuve, 1929 Gymnosoma canadense (Brooks, 1946) Gymnosoma carpocoridis Dupuis, 1961 Gymnosoma clavatum (Rohdendorf, 1947) Gymnosoma costatum (Panzer, 1800) Gymnosoma desertorum (Rohdendorf, 1947) Gymnosoma dolycoridis Dupuis, 1961 Gymnosoma emdeni (Mesnil, 1950) Gymnosoma filiola Loew, 1872 Gymnosoma fuliginosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Gymnosoma fuscohalteratum Emden, 1945 Gymnosoma hamiense Dupuis, 1966 Gymnosoma hemisphaericum (Geoffroy, 1785) Gymnosoma indicum Walker, 1853 Gymnosoma inornatum Zimin, 1966 Gymnosoma iranicum (Zimin, 1966) Gymnosoma majae (Zimin, 1966) Gymnosoma maxima Dupuis, 1966 Gymnosoma neotropicale Cortés & Campos, 1971 Gymnosoma nitens Meigen, 1824 Gymnosoma nudifrons Herting, 1966 Gymnosoma occidentale Curran, 1927 Gymnosoma par Walker, 1849 Gymnosoma persica (Mesnil, 1952) Gymnosoma philippinense (Townsend, 1928) Gymnosoma rotundatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Gymnosoma ruficornis (Wulp, 1892) Gymnosoma rungsi (Mesnil, 1952) Gymnosoma sicula Dupuis & Genduso, 1981 Gymnosoma sylvatica Zimin, 1966
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