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Subfamily Exoristinae

Fly Gonia sp? - Gonia fly - Calolydella lathami Fly - Gonia Fly - Cryptomeigenia demylus - male tachinid fly with big white abdominal patches Tachinid? - male Exoristinae - Ceracia dentata - 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 Exoristinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Goniinae
Numbers
>580 spp. in ~130 genera arranged in 6 tribes in our area(1)
Internet References
phylogenetic relationships based on sequencing (Stireman 2002)