| Gnadochaeta nigrifrons | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Tachininae |
| Tribe: | Myiophasiini |
| Genus: | Gnadochaeta |
| Species: | G. nigrifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnadochaeta nigrifrons | |
| Synonyms | |
Gnadochaeta nigrifrons is a species of bristle 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.
Admontia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Ateloglossa is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Cryptomeigenia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. Larvae are parasitoids of adult scarab beetles.
Phytomyptera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Vanderwulpia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Voria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Lydina is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Dexiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Exoristinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae. Most species are parasitoids of caterpillars.
Blondeliini is a tribe of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. Larvae are parasitoids of other insects, mostly beetles and caterpillars. Although nearly cosmopolitan, its greatest diversity is in the New World and especially in South America.
Eryciini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Exoristini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Archytas apicifer is a medium to large sized Nearctic tachinid fly. The species name was authored by the German entomologist Johann Friedrich Jaennicke (1867) and presumably named after the Greek classical philosopher and mathematician Archytas. The larvae are parasites of several caterpillar species.
Uramya pristis is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. It is a parasitoid of Limacodidae moths, and overwinters in its pupal stage.
Leucostoma gravipes is a North American species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Voria aurifrons is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Leschenaultia exul is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.
Gonia sagax is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
Lydina americana is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.