Subfamily Dexiinae

Classification · Numbers · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Dexiinae

Numbers

ca. 240 spp. in 75 genera of 13 tribes in our area(1)

Life Cycle

Nearly all members of this subfamily are said to be parasitic on Coleoptera or Lepidoptera larvae

Works Cited

1.	Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 May, 2005 - 4:36pm
Additional contributions by McClarinJ, v belov
Last updated 28 March, 2011 - 12:53pm

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