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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Phasiinae » Cylindromyiini » Cylindromyia

Genus Cylindromyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Tachinidae? - Cylindromyia Fly - Cylindromyia fly - Cylindromyia Feather-Legged Fly Trichopoda or Cylindromyia - Cylindromyia Parasitic Fly - Cylindromyia Cylindromyia Fly ID? - Cylindromyia Black & Red Fly - Cylindromyia
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 Phasiinae
Tribe Cylindromyiini
Genus Cylindromyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Cylindromyia Meigen 1803
Numbers
15 spp. in 5 subgenera in our area(2), ~130 spp. total(3)
Identification
The red area can cover the top of the abdomen (as in intermedia or nana) or be absent (atra, mirabilis, propusilla). Terga with white bands at base, except in alticola. The bands are strongly curved in propusilla.
Range
worldwide, incl. most of NA; several spp. transcontinental, but tend to be more diverse in the west(2)(4)
Habitat
common flower visitor in open weedy areas
Season
throughout summer
Food
recorded hosts include various Pentatomidae, some moths, and unidentified Acrididae(2)
Internet References
Genus page(2)
Works Cited
1.North American two-winged flies of the genus Cylindromyia Meigen (Ocyptera of authors)
Aldrich J.M. 1926. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 68: 1-26.
2.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
3.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
4.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 January, 2005 - 11:52am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Arturo Santos
Last updated 29 November, 2023 - 8:13am

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