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Tachininae
Subfamily Tachininae
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