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Subfamily Dexiinae

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Fly to ID - Ptilodexia Tachinidae - Uramya - male Fly with brown patch on abdomen - Thelaira americana Cordyligaster septentrionalis brown fly with long proboscis Tachinid Fly - Wagneria grp Fly Microchaetina mexicana? - Microchaetina

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

Explanation of Names

Dexiinae Macquart 1834

Numbers

~240 spp. in 75 genera of 13 tribes in our area(1), ~1,530 spp. in ~300 genera of 15 tribes total(2)

Life Cycle

Nearly all members of this subfamily are said to be parasitic on Coleoptera or Lepidoptera larvae

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 Beatriz Moisset on 28 May, 2005 - 4:36pm
Additional contributions by McClarinJ, v belov
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 11:09pm

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