Orthosimyia palaga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Dexiini |
Genus: | Orthosimyia |
Species: | O. palaga |
Binomial name | |
Orthosimyia palaga (Reinhard, 1944) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Orthosimyia palaga is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. [2] [3]
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.
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Andinomyia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There are about five described species in Andinomyia.
Bathydexia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.
Ceratometopa is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There is at least one described species in Ceratometopa, C. cornifera.
Dexiomera is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There is at least one described species in Dexiomera, D. surda.
Dolichotarsus is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Elfriedella is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Frontiniella is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Minthodexiopsis is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.
Opsotheresia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phasmophaga is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.
Prolophosia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There is one described species in Prolophosia, P. petiolata.
Steleoneura is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.
Trixodes is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Trochilodes is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Riedelia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Orthosimyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.