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Galactomyia

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Galactomyia (commonly known as the feather-legged fly or hairy-legged fly) is a subgenus of tachinid flies.[4][5][6] They are found in North and South America.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Galactomyia
Trichopoda pennipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Phasiinae
Tribe: Gymnosomatini
Genus: Trichopoda
Subgenus: Galactomyia
Townsend, 1908[1]
Type species
Trichopoda radiata
Loew, 1863[2]
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squash bug with Tachinid fly eggs attached and a feather-legged tachinid fly, probably Trichopoda pennipes, quickly depositing another egg on it.

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