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Tachinid Flies
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Tachinid Flies

Tachinidae

The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachina flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods.

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60 branches of this family, most-observed first

Tachininae

subfamilyTachininae

Phasiinae

subfamilyPhasiinae

Dexiinae

subfamilyDexiinae

Exoristinae

subfamilyExoristinae

Myiophasiini

tribeMyiophasiini

Macquartiini

tribeMacquartiini

Germariochaeta

genusGermariochaeta

Trichoformosomyia

genusTrichoformosomyia

Bactromyiella

genusBactromyiella

Incamyia

genusIncamyia

Hyadesimyia

genusHyadesimyia

Vertepalpus

genusVertepalpus

Argyrophylax

genusArgyrophylax

Vanderwulpella

genusVanderwulpella

Myconia

genusMyconia

Biomeigenia

genusBiomeigenia

Phytorophaga

genusPhytorophaga

Euceromasia

genusEuceromasia

Chaetogyne

genusChaetogyne

Eumegaparia

genusEumegaparia

Erebiomima

genusErebiomima

Euacaulona

genusEuacaulona

Neosarromyia

genusNeosarromyia

Anechuromyia

genusAnechuromyia

Chrysomikia

genusChrysomikia

Clastoneura

genusClastoneura

Chaetotheresia

genusChaetotheresia

Euepalpus

genusEuepalpus

Ugimeigenia

genusUgimeigenia

Dichocera

genusDichocera

Chaetodexia

genusChaetodexia

Gaediopsis

genusGaediopsis

Weingaertneriella

genusWeingaertneriella

Ethilla

genusEthilla

Micra

genusMicra

Pretoriana

genusPretoriana

Moretia

genusMoretia

Trischidocera

genusTrischidocera

Myiotrixa

genusMyiotrixa

Pseudochaeta

genusPseudochaeta

Pyrrhodexia

genusPyrrhodexia

Ebenia

genusEbenia

Eomedina

genusEomedina

Anomalostomyia

genusAnomalostomyia

Eutrixoides

genusEutrixoides

Ricosia

genusRicosia

Pseudapinops

genusPseudapinops

Anaeudora

genusAnaeudora

Manola

genusManola

Nealsomyia

genusNealsomyia

Cololeskia

genusCololeskia

Feriola

genusFeriola

Amesiomima

genusAmesiomima

Epigrimyia

genusEpigrimyia

Uroeuantha

genusUroeuantha

Chaetodemoticus

genusChaetodemoticus

Chaetoplagia

genusChaetoplagia

Echinomya

genusEchinomya

Chaetocalirrhoe

genusChaetocalirrhoe

Syringosoma

genusSyringosoma

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