tachinid fly
(Family Tachinidae)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Tachinidae is a large family of flies. They are called bristle flies, tachinid flies, or less commonly, parasitic flies. There are more than 10,000 Tachinidae species worldwide, about 1,350 species in North America north of Mexico, and at least 103 species in Minnesota. They are found in almost all habitats. Larvae parasitize insects, spiders, and other arthropods. |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Diptera (flies) | ||
Suborder |
Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, muscoid flies, short-horned flies) | ||
Infraorder |
Muscomorpha | ||
| No Rank | Eremoneura | ||
| No Rank | Cyclorrhapha (circular-seamed flies) | ||
| Zoosection | Schizophora (schizophora flies) | ||
| Zoosubsection | Calyptratae (calyptrate muscoids) | ||
Superfamily |
Oestroidea | ||
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Subfamily Dexiinae Subfamily Exoristinae Subfamily Phasiinae Subfamily Tachininae |
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Common Names |
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bristle flies parasitic flies tachinid flies |
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