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Genus Taxigramma

At the Mouth of a Tunnel - Taxigramma hilarella Tachinidae - ? - Taxigramma heteroneura Oestroidea - Taxigramma Oestroidea - Taxigramma Oestroidea - Taxigramma Oestroidea - Taxigramma Taxigramma heteroneura Fly ~3.8mm - Taxigramma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Subfamily Miltogramminae (Satellite Flies)
Genus Taxigramma
Explanation of Names
Taxigramma Macquart 1850
[authorship clarified by Evenhuis & Pape (2014); other sources still indicate Perris 1852 instead]
Identification
Cell r5 closed at wing margin or nearly closed. Last section of CuA1 (after m-cu) longer than previous section (heteroneura) or barely shorter (hilarella). (Similar to Voriini.)
Remarks
Kleptoparasites of Sphecidae