Genus Tachina

Classification · Numbers

Is this the adult of the rat-tailed maggot (Eristalis tenax)? I took this picture near Fairbanks, Alaska. - Tachina

Rustler Park Flies - Tachina - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Tachininae

Genus Tachina

Numbers

Nearctica lists 39 species.

Contributed by Cotinis on 13 July, 2005 - 6:34am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 6 November, 2006 - 7:01am

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