| Lixophaga townsendi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Genus: | Lixophaga |
| Species: | L. townsendi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lixophaga townsendi (Guimarães, 1971) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lixophaga townsendi is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Lixophaga of the family Tachinidae. [1] [2]
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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.
Oestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae including the blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives.
Linnaemya is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Lixophaga is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Lixophaga angusta is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Lixophaga of the family Tachinidae.
Lixophaga tenuis is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Lixophaga of the family Tachinidae.
Actia is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae.
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.
Dexiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Exoristinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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. The members of this subfamily attack only Heteroptera.
Cylindromyiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae. It contains about 17 genera and 200 species.
Phasiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae. As a result of phylogenetic research, most members of this tribe were transferred to other tribes in the subfamily, leaving only the two genera Elomya and Phasia.
Tachininae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Linnaemyini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Tachinini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.