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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Tachina

Genus Tachina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
large black fly - Tachina Black Tachina? - Tachina Tachini fly, June Oregon record - Tachina - male Tachinid with Golden Collar - Tachina - male Query - Tachina Tachinini? - Tachina Tachinini? - Tachina - male Tachini ? - Tachina - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Tachinini
Genus Tachina
Explanation of Names
Tachina Meigen 1803
Numbers
~40 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area(1), ~140 total(2)
Range
worldwide (except tropical Africa & Australasia)(2), incl. most of NA, but barely represented in se. US; most diverse in the northwest(1)
Food
besides various moths, recorded hosts include stick insects, cicadas, leaf beetles, and bumble bees(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 July, 2005 - 6:34am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 4:06pm

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