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{{short description|Genus of flies}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Culcua''
| image = Culcua Wynaad.jpg
| image_caption=A ''Culcua'' species from India
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Diptera]]
| familia = [[Stratiomyidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Pachygastrinae]]
| genus = '''''Culcua'''''
| genus_authority = [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Walker]], 1856
| type_species = ''Culcua simulans'' Walker, 1856
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Culcua''''' is a genus of flies in the subfamily [[Pachygastrinae]] that are found only in the [[Indomalayan realm]]. About eleven species have been described. They have a disc-shaped flagellum to the antenna and have a arista or hair arising from it. The scutellum typically has four strong spines and the abdomen is nearly spherical.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1163/187631207788784030|title=A review of the Oriental Culcua with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)|journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution|volume=38|pages=35|year=2007|last1=Rozkošný|first1=Rudolf|last2=Kozánek|first2=Milan}}</ref>

==Species ==
Species in the genus include:
* ''Culcua albopilosa''
* ''Culcua argentea''
* ''Culcua chaineyi''
* ''Culcua fasciata''
* ''Culcua lingafelteri''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Woodley, Norman E.|title= A new species of Culcua Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Vietnam|year=2012|journal=Insecta Mundi|pages=1–4|volume=0243|issue=759|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/759}}</ref>
* ''Culcua kolibaci''
* ''Culcua kovaci''
* ''Culcua nigra''
* ''Culcua normani''
* ''Culcua ornans''
* ''Culcua simulans''

==References==
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[[Category:Brachycera genera]]

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