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

Tribe Voriini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Tachinidae, lateral Tachinid Fly - Periscepsia Fly - Campylocheta eudryae - female Baffled 8037186 fly - Kirbya parasitic fly - Wagneria vernata Ptilodexia? - Thelaira Diptera - Flies - Thelaira
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 Voriini
Explanation of Names
Voriini Townsend 1912
Numbers
~100 spp. in 31 genera in our area(1), >510 spp. in ~120 genera total(2)
Food
Where hosts are known, Noctuidae are most common
Life Cycle
flattened membranous incubated eggs usually laid on host cuticle
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 v belov on 9 April, 2009 - 12:05pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, Arturo Santos
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 10:34pm

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