Genus Juriniopsis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Tachinid Fly - Leschenaultia? - Juriniopsis adusta - female

large black tachnid fly - Juriniopsis adusta - female

resembles tachinidae - Juriniopsis adusta - female

Bee mimic tachnid fly, maybe Juriniopsis - Juriniopsis

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 Juriniopsis

Explanation of Names

Juriniopsis Townsend 1916

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1)

Range

Widespread New World(2)

Food

hosts: mostly Arctiidae(1)

Internet References

Genus page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

2.	A Review of the Genus Juriniopsis Townsend

Contributed by v belov on 8 April, 2009 - 1:22pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 23 February, 2015 - 11:33am

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