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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Archytas » marmoratus species group (Archytas marmoratus)

Species Archytas marmoratus - marmoratus species group

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Fly ID Request - Archytas marmoratus Hefty Fly - Archytas marmoratus Hefty Fly - Archytas marmoratus Tachinid (?) fly on aromatic aster - Archytas marmoratus Fly - Archytas marmoratus - female Is this a Archytas marmoratus? - Archytas marmoratus Male & female Archytas marmoratus? - Archytas marmoratus - male - female Archytas marmoratus? - Archytas marmoratus
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 Tachinini
Genus Archytas
Species marmoratus (marmoratus species group)
Explanation of Names
"Marbled", referring to abdominal pattern.
Remarks
Ravlin and Stehr(1) considered this mostly tropical group to be represented by only one species in the United States.
Print References
Sabrosky, Curtis W. 1955. The Taxonomic Status of the Armyworm Parasite Known as Archytas piliventris (Van der Wulp) (Diptera: Larvaevoridae). Florida Entomologist 38(2):77-83
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Archytas (Diptera: Tachinidae) for America north of Mexico
Ravlin F.W., Stehr F.W. 1984. Misc. Pubs Ent. Soc. Am. 58: 1‒59.
Contributed by v belov on 12 July, 2011 - 2:40pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 15 November, 2015 - 8:20am

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