Tachina

Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of lepidopteran caterpillars.[2][3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Tachinidae
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Tachina
Tachina praeceps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Tachinini
Genus: Tachina
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca grossa
Subgenera
Synonyms
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Tachina grossa
Tachina ursina

Taxonomy

Nowickia Wachtl, 1894, treated by some authors as a subgenus of Tachina Meigen, 1803, following most authors is now accepted as a valid genus and treated separately.[citation needed]

Species

Species within this genus include:[4][5]

References

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