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Subfamily Tachininae

tachinid - Peleteria haemorrhoa - female Tachinid Fly - Epalpus signifer Fly with black and white ringed abdomen - Microphthalma disjuncta Fly on Queen Anne's Lace pollinator - Archytas marmoratus Peleteria sp? - Peleteria Genus Archytas? - Archytas Unknown Tachinid fly - 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
Numbers
415 spp. in ~90 genera in our area, arranged into 21 tribe (9 tribes represented by a single genus each)(1), ~2,900 spp. in ~470 genera of 27 tribes total(2)
Life Cycle
Generally ovolarviparous
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 Chen Young on 4 November, 2005 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 11:31pm

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