Genus Mystacella

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

green Tachinid, dorsal view - Mystacella chrysoprocta

green Tachinid, side view - Mystacella chrysoprocta

Green Tachinid...Lespesia?? - Mystacella chrysoprocta

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 Exoristinae

Tribe Goniini

Genus Mystacella

Explanation of Names

Mystacella van der Wulp 1890

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1)

Range

New World(2); in our area, one species eastern, two western(1)

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

Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 April, 2009 - 10:06am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 February, 2015 - 12:04pm

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