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Genus Belvosia

Tachnid Fly (Belvosia species) - Belvosia

Family Tachinidae - Belvosia unifasciata

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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