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

Genus Myiopharus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Pest Control - Myiopharus Myiopharus canadensis? - Myiopharus Myiopharus doryphorae (Riley)? - Myiopharus doryphorae Myiopharus doryphorae (Riley)? - Myiopharus doryphorae - female Myiopharus doryphorae (Riley)? - Myiopharus doryphorae - female tachinid reared from chrysomelid larva feeding on Ambrosia psilostachya - Myiopharus tachinid reared from chrysomelid larva feeding on Ambrosia psilostachya - Myiopharus Exoristinae - Myiopharus
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 Blondeliini
Genus Myiopharus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
about a dozen synonyms suggest troubled taxonomic history (the latest syn. is Oxynopsis Townsend 1927)
Explanation of Names
Myiopharus Brauer & Bergenstamm 1889
Numbers
15 spp. in our area(1), 85 total(2)
Range
New World, incl. most of NA; in our area, most spp. are rather widespread (at least 4 coast to coast)(1)(3)
Food
recorded hosts: mostly Chrysomelidae (incl. Leptinotarsaspp., Lema spp., Diabrotica undecimpunctata, Blepharida rhois, Calligrapha multipunctata, Crioceris asparagi), also scattered records from beetles of other families and several familes of Lepidoptera (Gelechiidae, Nymphalidae, Olethreutidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae)(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
3.O'Hara J.E. (2003-2012) Homepage for Tachinidae resources
Contributed by v belov on 10 September, 2014 - 11:32am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Arturo Santos
Last updated 28 May, 2023 - 9:21pm

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