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Subfamily Phasiinae

Neat fly - Gymnoclytia Small tachinid - Xanthomelanodes arcuatus Gymnoclytia sp.? - Gymnoclytia - male Fly - Gymnosoma Fly - Ontario - Xanthomelanodes small fly with orange abdomen - Gymnosoma Trichopoda plumipes ? (drying off) - Trichopoda Trichopoda pennipes - 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 Phasiinae
Explanation of Names
Phasiinae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
~80 spp. in 15 genera of 6 tribes in our area(1), ~700 spp. in ~200 genera of 11 tribes total(2)
Range
most of NA(1)
Food
parasites of Heteroptera(1)
Life Cycle
Oviparous
Print References
Blaschke J.D., O'Hara J.E., Moulton J.K. (2019) Biodiversity survey and molecular identification of the Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 121: 1‒14.
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 2
O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J., Wood D.M. 2020. 1039 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 May, 2005 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, kschnei, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 11:03pm

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