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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Dexiinae » Dufouriini » Oestrophasia

Genus Oestrophasia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Teph ? - Oestrophasia signifera Fly - Oestrophasia calva - female Tachinid? - Oestrophasia calva - male Diptera ID Request - Oestrophasia calva - male Oestrophasia - Oestrophasia calva - female Oestrophasia calva - female Oestrophasia signifera? - Oestrophasia Oestrophasia
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 Dufouriini
Genus Oestrophasia
Explanation of Names
Oestrophasia Brauer & Bergenstamm 1889
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)
Range
New World(2), incl. most of NA(1)
Life Cycle
O. clausa is known to parasitize the June beetle Diplotaxis moerens. An uncommon Florida species (O. sabroskyi) has been documented parasitizing the Little Leaf Notcher weevil(3).
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0
3.Oestrophasia (Cenosoma) sabroskyi (Diptera: Tachinidae), a Parasitoid of Artipus floridanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)...
Kovarik, Peter W. and Stuart R. Reitz. 2005. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98(3):245-251.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 April, 2009 - 10:07am
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 27 June, 2017 - 10:42am

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