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Tribe Megaprosopini

Unknown Species - Microphthalma - female Fly - Microphthalma disjuncta Oestroidea?  - Microphthalma disjuncta Large Tachinid - Microphthalma Tachinidae? - Microphthalma disjuncta Handsome tachinid - Microphthalma disjuncta - female Microphthalma sp.? - Microphthalma disjuncta Eryciini ? - Microphthalma disjuncta
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 Megaprosopini
Explanation of Names
From the genus name Megaprosopus meaning "large forehead".
Numbers
4 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1)
Range
2 spp. transcontinental and 2 in sw. US(1)
Food
hosts: Scarabaeidae(1)(2)