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Genus Archytas

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Tachinid Fly - Archytas metallicus Archytas? - Archytas large fly - Archytas metallicus Tachinini - Archytas - male Tachinidae - Archytas Tachinidae - Archytas Tachnid - Archytas tachinid fly – genus Archytas? - Archytas

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 Tachininae
Tribe Tachinini
Genus Archytas

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in(1)

Explanation of Names

Archytas Jaennicke 1867
Archytas was a classical Greek philosopher/mathematician
Subgenus Nemochaeta was named by van der Wulp from νέμω (nemo), divide, and χαίτη (chaeta), bristle. This probably refers to the double row of frontal bristles.

Numbers

15 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area(2), ~100 spp. total(3)

Range

Native to the Americas, introduced to Hawaii

Food

hosts: larvae of various moths, incl. Noctuidae, Notodontidae, Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, etc.(2)

Internet References

Genus page(2)

Works Cited

1.Revision of the genus Archytas (Diptera: Tachinidae) for America north of Mexico
Ravlin F.W., Stehr F.W. 1984. Misc. Pubs Ent. Soc. Am. 58: 1‒59.
2.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
3.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 June, 2005 - 11:59am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hartmut Wisch, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2023 - 8:43pm

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