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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Phasiinae » Gymnosomatini » Gymnosoma

Genus Gymnosoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Tachinid - Gymnosoma - Gymnosoma Gymnosoma? - Gymnosoma Gymnosoma sp - Gymnosoma Bee fly? - Gymnosoma Diptera - Gymnosoma - male - female tachinid fly-Gymnosoma sp.? - Gymnosoma tachinid fly-Gymnosoma sp.? - Gymnosoma Round red Fly with three black buttons on its back - Gymnosoma
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 Phasiinae
Tribe Gymnosomatini
Genus Gymnosoma
Explanation of Names
Gymnosoma Meigen 1803
'naked body' (referring to the lack of hair on abdomen)
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1)
Size
8-10 mm
Range
worldwide (except Australasia)(2), incl. most of NA(1)
Habitat
adults on flowers in fields, roadsides; often on wild carrot(3)
Season
May-Aug in MN; G. fulginosum in NC: Apr-Nov (lower elevations), May-Sep (mountains)(4)
Food
Hosts: Pentatomidae
See Also
other brightly-colored tachinids such as Trichopoda, Gymnoclytia
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
3.Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin.
4.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 June, 2004 - 5:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 22 June, 2023 - 12:10am

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