Trochilochaeta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Voriini |
Genus: | Trochilochaeta Townsend, 1940 [1] |
Type species | |
Trochilochaeta transcendens |
Trochilochaeta is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. [2]
Adejeania is a genus of tachinid flies from the Americas. While most species are found in South America, A. vexatrix occurs from Mexico up to British Columbia. The genus name is an alteration of Dejeania, meaning "not Dejeania". Other tachinid genera from the same root are Eudejeania, Paradejeania and Protodejeania.
Atacta is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Conactiodoria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Eubischofimyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Neobrachelia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phyllophilopsis is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Sturmimasiphya is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Lespesia is a genus of 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.
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend was an American entomologist specializing in the study of tachinids (Tachinidae), a large and diverse family of flies (Diptera) with larvae that are parasitoids of other insects. He was perhaps the most prolific publisher of new tachinids, naming and describing some 3000 species and genera. He made important contributions to the biological control of insect pests and he was the first to identify the insect vector of a debilitating disease in Peru. Townsend was also a controversial figure and criticism of his approach to insect taxonomy continues to this day.
Phasiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae. Except for the small tribe Strongygastrini members of this subfamily attack only Heteroptera.
Tachininae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Leskiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Tachinini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Sophiini is a tribe of bristle 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.