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Tribe Minthoini

Paradidyma? - Paradidyma singularis - male

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 Minthoini

Numbers

18 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1)

Identification

Scutellum with three pairs of bristles, the lateral pair long and divergent and the apical pair crossed. Only two, widely spaced postsutural intraalar bristles (compared to the usual three). Often with two strongly contrasting black stripes on the thorax. Female usually with claws of fore leg reduced and apical tarsomeres modified.

Range

in our area, more diverse in w./sw. US, with a few transcontinental spp.(1)

Remarks

Paradidyma has a strong row of parafacial bristles. Vanderwulpia does not.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by v belov on 14 April, 2009 - 10:02am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 9 November, 2024 - 3:22pm

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