| Meledonus californicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
| Tribe: | Voriini |
| Genus: | Meledonus |
| Species: | M. californicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Meledonus californicus (Coquillett, 1895) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Meledonus californicus is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. [3]
Canada, United States.
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.
Ateloglossa is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Belida 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.
Euceromasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Ginglymia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phytomyptera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Siphosturmia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Spathidexia is a genus of parasitic 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.
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.
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.
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.
Polideini is a tribe of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. The tribe is unusual for its diversity of hosts, including spiders, scorpions, and centipedes in addition to the usual insect larvae.
Meledonus is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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