Subfamily Tachininae

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited

Spiny Tachina Fly - Paradejeania rutilioides

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Tachininae

Numbers

415 spp. in ~90 genera in our area, arranged into 21 tribe (9 tribes represented by a single genus each)(1)

Remarks

Parasites of Lepidoptera.

Works Cited

1.	Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Contributed by Chen Young on 4 November, 2005 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2011 - 6:30pm

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