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Genus Nemorilla

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 Winthemiini

Genus Nemorilla

Explanation of Names

Nemorilla Rondani 1856

Identification

Eyes distinctly hairy, second and third segments of antenna similar in size (normally the second is much shorter), thorax with three to five stripes depending on whether the middle stripes merge.

Remarks

Females lay eggs on caterpillars, in which the larvae develop as parasitoids.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 November, 2015 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2016 - 12:55am

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