Patulifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Dexiini |
Genus: | Patulifrons Barraclough, 1992 [1] |
Type species | |
Patulifrons varia Barraclough, 1992 [1] |
Patulifrons is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There is one described species in Patulifrons, P. varia. [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 1300 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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Eucelatoria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Microchaetina is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.
Myiopharus is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Angustia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Vanderwulpia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There are at least two described species in Vanderwulpia.
Zelia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.
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.
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.
Leucostomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae, found worldwide.
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.
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