Philippodexia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Dexiini |
Genus: | Philippodexia Townsend, 1926 [1] |
Type species | |
Philippodexia longipes | |
Synonyms | |
Philippodexia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. [3]
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Cylindromyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Microchaetina is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.
Opsotheresia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There are at least two described species in Opsotheresia.
Sumpigaster is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Lophosia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Dexia is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Most larvae are parasitoids of beetles (Scarabaeidae).
Dexiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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Minthoini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Siphonini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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