Clairvillia nitoris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Phasiinae |
Tribe: | Leucostomatini |
Genus: | Clairvillia |
Species: | C. nitoris |
Binomial name | |
Clairvillia nitoris (Coquillett, 1898) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Clairvillia nitoris is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae. [2]
Canada, United States.
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 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America.
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