Cryptomeigenia elegans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
Tribe: | Blondeliini |
Genus: | Cryptomeigenia |
Species: | C. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Cryptomeigenia elegans | |
Synonyms | |
Cryptomeigenia elegans is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. [2]
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.
Janthinomyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Amphitropesa is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.
Cryptomeigenia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. Larvae are parasitoids of adult scarab beetles.
Eophyllophila is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Erythroargyrops is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Formicophania is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Microaporia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Ocypteromima is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phorocerosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Rhombothyriops is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.
Spathidexia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.
Zeuxia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Laufferiella is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Dolichocolon is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Cholomyia inaequipes is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.
Chrysopasta is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Cryptomeigenia theutis is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Metallicomyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Eophyllophila elegans is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.