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Genus Hystricia

Big orange, again... - Hystricia abrupta

Black Bristled Orange Parasitic Fly - Anterior Dorsal - Hystricia abrupta

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 Polideini

Genus Hystricia

Explanation of Names

Hystricia Macquart 1844

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1)

Range

New World(2), so. Canada to Mexico (one sp. widespread, another in AZ & Mexico only)(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 Chen Young on 28 September, 2005 - 3:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 February, 2015 - 11:29am

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