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Species Archytas californiae

diptera I haven't seen before - Archytas californiae - 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 Tachininae

Tribe Tachinini

Genus Archytas

No Taxon (analis complex)

Species californiae (Archytas californiae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tachina californiae Walker, 1853

Archytas californiae

Explanation of Names

The original specimen was from California, but the species is widespread in North America.

Identification

Males can be separated from related species by the shape of sternite 5, the notch being narrow and parallel sided.(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Archytas (Diptera: Tachinidae) for America north of Mexico Ravlin F.W., Stehr F.W. 1984. Misc. Pubs Ent. Soc. Am. 58: 1‒59.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 2 November, 2015 - 4:10pm
Last updated 15 November, 2015 - 7:47pm

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