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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Goniini » Belvosia

Genus Belvosia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Which fly, please? - Belvosia unifasciata Fly with metallic golden rear end - Belvosia borealis Fly ID 2 - Belvosia 15Jun2018.BeavLk.HN.Dip3 - Belvosia canadensis Belvosia borealis Belvosia bifasciata B. bifasciata from E. imperialis pupa - Belvosia Double-ringed Fly - Belvosia borealis
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 Exoristinae
Tribe Goniini
Genus Belvosia
Explanation of Names
Belvosia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Named for Palisot de Beauvois.
Numbers
15 spp. in our area(1)
Range
New World(2)
Food
Lepidoptera(1)
Print References
Aldrich J.M. (1929) A revision of the American parasitic flies belonging to the genus Belvosia. Proc. USNM 73(8): 1-45. (Full text)
Reinhard H.J. (1951) New American muscoid Diptera. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 46(1): 1-9. (Full text)
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
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 September, 2004 - 5:06am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Robin McLeod, Vox Sciurorum, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 14 February, 2023 - 2:11pm

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