Genus Archytas

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Tachininae

Tribe Tachinini

Genus Archytas

Explanation of Names

Author is Jaennicke 1867. Presumably named after the Greek classical philosopher/mathematician Archytas.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 14 species.

Life Cycle

Archytas marmoratus is a larval-pupal parasitoid of Noctuidae (Florida Entomologist).

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	The Flies of Western North America By Frank R. Cole and Evert I. Schlinger

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 20 June, 2005 - 11:59am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 25 March, 2008 - 3:46pm

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