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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Archytas
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Diptera, sp - Archytas
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Diptera, sp - Archytas
Oka Percolation Ponds, Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA
April 29, 2009
Size: ~8mm
This fly seems to favor pond/stream environments; short season (April/May). Tachinid, maybe?
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Contributed by iNaturalist on 28 November, 2009 - 2:39pm
Last updated 21 December, 2009 - 3:58pm

Tachinidae: Archytas sp.
Tachinidae: Archytas sp.
… Norm Woodley, 22 December, 2009 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 21 December, 2009 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Tachinid indeed; suspect Archytas
['Dipterid' means a member of a taxon named 'Dipterida' or 'Dipteridae'; since no such taxa exist, i would assume you meant to refer to the insect's affiliation with Diptera. If that's the case, the applicable term would be 'dipteran' -- but just 'fly' would do as well...]
… v belov, 28 November, 2009 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
oops...
... used a mental construct there that I knew wasn't legit. The "id" suffix is for families only and in Kingdom Animalia only and the taxon here is an order, so it can’t take the “id” form. (On the botanical BB's a number of authorities use the term "asterid" to refer to the Asteraceae, but don't try that with any other family (eg, "Scrophulariacid") or you'll get put in place in short order.) Just wasn’t paying attention there, sorry -- I'm changing it to Diptera which is what I've used every time previously for order Diptera.
… iNaturalist, 28 November, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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