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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Exoristini » Exorista

Genus Exorista

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Internet References
Fly - Exorista Tachinidae --? - Exorista tachinid - Exorista dydas - female Exorista larvarum - male Parasitic Flies Genus Exorista larvarum or mella - Exorista tachinid fly - Exorista dydas - male Tachinidae, frontal - Exorista Exorista larvarum or mella - Exorista - female
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
Tribe Exoristini
Genus Exorista
Numbers
One introduced species E. larvarum
Identification
http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Nearctic/Bertha/Exor.html
Remarks
Six species in North America:
Exorista (Adenia) dydas – Common and widespread
Exorista (Adenia) mimula – Northwestern
Exorista (Adenia) trudis – Western
Exorista (Exorista) larvarum – Introduced to the Northeast, range uncertain
Exorista (Exorista) mella – Widespread
Exorista (Exorista) thula – Arctic
Internet References
Wikipedia
Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 October, 2015 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd
Last updated 3 February, 2024 - 4:38am

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