Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Chetogena
Genus
Chetogena
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
Exoristini
Genus
Chetogena
Explanation of Names
Chetogena
Rondani 1856
Also spelled
Chaetogena
Numbers
16 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area
(
1
)
Range
worldwide, incl. most of NA
(
2
)
(
1
)
Food
hosts include a variety of moths, sawflies (esp. Diprionidae), sometimes beetles, crickets
(
1
)
Internet References
Genus page
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.
O’Hara J.E. (2016) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 9.0
Contributed by
v belov
on 29 May, 2009 - 10:46am
Additional contributions by
Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 7:17am