| Gymnosoma sylvatica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasiinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnosomatini |
| Genus: | Gymnosoma |
| Species: | G. sylvatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnosoma sylvatica (Zimin, 1966) [1] | |
Gymnosoma sylvatica is a Palaearctic 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.
Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Actinochaetopteryx is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Its members occur in the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Australasian realms.
Plesina is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Schineria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Linnaemya is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Lydella is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Lydella thompsoni can be used in the UK for the biological control of the European corn borer.
Voriini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae. More junior homonyms exist of Wagneria than any other animal genus name.
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.
Goniini is a tribe of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. Members of Goniini are distinguished from other Tachinidae by laying small "microtype" eggs that hatch only after being ingested by a host.
Phasiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae. Except for the small tribe Strongygastrini members of this subfamily attack only Heteroptera.
Leucostomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae, found worldwide.
Ernestiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Tachininae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Leskiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Minthoini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Nikolay Ilyich Baranov was a Russian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. His collection of Palearctic Tachinidae is held by the Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. Baranov described many new species. He worked as an entomologist at the Institute of Hygiene in Zagreb.