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Tachina
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Eudoromyia
subgenusEudoromyia
Tachina
subgenusTachina
Servillia
subgenusServillia
Tachina latianulum
speciesTachina latianulum
Tachina casta
speciesTachina casta
Tachina praeceps
speciesTachina praeceps
Tachina algens
speciesTachina algens
Tachina luteola
speciesTachina luteola
Tachina ursinoidea
speciesTachina ursinoidea
Tachina lateromaculata
speciesTachina lateromaculata
Tachina amurensis
speciesTachina amurensis
Tachina sobria
speciesTachina sobria
Tachina hispida
speciesTachina hispida
Tachina nitida
speciesTachina nitida
Tachina trigonophora
speciesTachina trigonophora
Tachina rohdendorfi
speciesTachina rohdendorfi
Tachina sacontala
speciesTachina sacontala
Tachina masurius
speciesTachina masurius
Tachina imbuta
speciesTachina imbuta
Tachina alticola
speciesTachina alticola
Tachina intermedia
speciesTachina intermedia
Tachina victoria
speciesTachina victoria
Tachina compressa
speciesTachina compressa
Tachina agnita
speciesTachina agnita
Tachina brunneri
speciesTachina brunneri
Tachina testaceifrons
speciesTachina testaceifrons
Tachina taenionota
speciesTachina taenionota
Tachina amica
speciesTachina amica
Tachina tephra
speciesTachina tephra
Tachina tricincta
speciesTachina tricincta
Tachina subfasciata
speciesTachina subfasciata
Tachina testacea
speciesTachina testacea
Tachina vicina
speciesTachina vicina
Tachina subpilosa
speciesTachina subpilosa
Tachina celer
speciesTachina celer
Tachina brunnipalpis
speciesTachina brunnipalpis
Tachina bipartita
speciesTachina bipartita
Tachina brevicornis
speciesTachina brevicornis
Tachina arvensis
speciesTachina arvensis
Tachina angusta
speciesTachina angusta
Tachina alacer
speciesTachina alacer
Tachina bombidiforma
speciesTachina bombidiforma
Tachina zaqu
speciesTachina zaqu
Tachina bombylia
speciesTachina bombylia
Tachina aurulenta
speciesTachina aurulenta
Tachina xizangensis
speciesTachina xizangensis
Tachina breviala
speciesTachina breviala
Tachina cheni
speciesTachina cheni
Tachina actinosa
speciesTachina actinosa
Tachina zimini
speciesTachina zimini
Tachina subcinerea
speciesTachina subcinerea
Tachina stackelbergi
speciesTachina stackelbergi
Tachina rohdendorfiana
speciesTachina rohdendorfiana
Tachina pulvera
speciesTachina pulvera
Tachina pingbian
speciesTachina pingbian
Tachina chaoi
speciesTachina chaoi
Tachina anguisipennis
speciesTachina anguisipennis
Tachina augens
speciesTachina augens
Tachina bijuncta
speciesTachina bijuncta
Tachina comitata
speciesTachina comitata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Tachina in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55696.