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Tribe Myiophasiini

Gnadochaeta nigrifrons - male Fly - Cholomyia inaequipes - male Unknown fly - Gnadochaeta - female Fly - Cholomyia inaequipes - female dark colored tachinid - Gnadochaeta - male Tachinidae? - Gnadochaeta - male Gnadochaeta? - Gnadochaeta nigrifrons - male Cholomyia inaequipes? - 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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