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Species Microchaetina valida

Tachinid Fly on Buckwheat - Microchaetina valida - male

Tachinid family picnic at Silverado - Who's that off in the corner? Possibly Microchaetina sp. - Microchaetina valida

Tachinid family picnic at Silverado - Who's that off in the corner? - Microchaetina valida

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 Dexiinae

Tribe Dexiini

Genus Microchaetina

Species valida (Microchaetina valida)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhinophora valida Townsend, 1892

Range

Western USA, Mexico

Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 February, 2016 - 7:56pm

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