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Tribe Myiophasiini

Representative Images

Tachinid Fly - Cholomyia inaequipes - male Fly - Gnadochaeta Fly - Cholomyia inaequipes - female Tachinidae with orange abdomen segment - Cholomyia inaequipes Tachinidae with orange abdomen segment - Cholomyia inaequipes Gnadochaeta? - Gnadochaeta nigrifrons - male Cholomyia inaequipes? - Cholomyia inaequipes - male Pennsylvania Fly for ID - Cholomyia inaequipes - 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
Tribe Myiophasiini

Explanation of Names

Named for the genus Myiophasia, which is now a synonym of Gnadochaeta.

Numbers

17 spp. in 2 genera in our area, of which 16 spp. of Gnadochaeta(1)

Range

most of NA, but much more diverse in w. US(1)

Food

Curculionidae(1)

Works Cited

1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 24 May, 2006 - 2:40pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 29 November, 2015 - 9:43pm

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