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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Eucelatoria bryani

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 Blondeliini
Genus Eucelatoria
Species bryani (Eucelatoria bryani)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucelatoria bryani Sabrosky, 1981
Prior to 1981, often misidentified as E. armigera
Explanation of Names
"The species is named in honor of D. E. Bryan in recognition of his leadership on studies of Eucelatoria species in the Cotton Insects Biological Control Investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tucson, Ariz., and for his years of friendly interest and patience that finally resulted in this revision." (Sabrosky, 1981)
Range
Southern USA to Central America
Remarks
A parasite of the corn earworm.(1)
Works Cited
1.Corn Earworm