| Gymnosoma | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Gymnosoma nudifrons | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasiinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnosomatini |
| Genus: | Gymnosoma Meigen, 1803 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Musca rotundata | |
| Synonyms | |
Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. [8]
The name "Gymnosoma" literally translates as "naked body", [9] and presumably refers to the fact that some species in the genus are less conspicuously bristly than most species of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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