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Tachinidae

Index Tachinidae

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. [1]

68 relations: Afrotropical realm, Aphid, Archytas, Arista (insect anatomy), Arthropod, Asia, Australasia, Beetle, Biological pest control, Bombyx mori, Cabbage looper, Calliphoridae, Calypter, Caterpillar, Centipede, Compsilura, Danaus chrysippus, Dexiinae, Eldana, Embryonated, Eocene, Eruciform, Exorista, Exoristinae, Flower, Fly, Gonia (fly), Grasshopper, Gymnosoma, Gynaephora groenlandica, Halteres, Hemiptera, Housefly, Hymenoptera, Indomalayan realm, Insect, Instar, Larva, List of Tachinidae genera, Maggot, Maize, Mesothorax, Nearctic realm, Nectar, Neotropical realm, North America, Oceania, Ostrinia furnacalis, Oviparity, Ovipositor, ..., Ovoviviparity, Palearctic realm, Parasitism, Parasitoid, Parasitoid wasp, Phasia, Phasiinae, Pollen, Pollinator, Protelean, Sawfly, Scale insect, Scutellum (insect anatomy), Sericulture, Tachina fera, Tachininae, Taxonomy (biology), Voria. Expand index (18 more) »

Afrotropical realm

The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms.

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Aphid

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea.

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Archytas

Archytas (Ἀρχύτας; 428–347 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist.

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Arista (insect anatomy)

In insect anatomy the arista is a simple or variously modified apical or subapical bristle, arising from the third antennal segment.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Australasia

Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean and, sometimes, the island of New Guinea (which is usually considered to be part of Melanesia).

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Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.

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Biological pest control

Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests such as insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases using other organisms.

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Bombyx mori

The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar or imago of the domestic silkmoth, Bombyx mori (Latin: "silkworm of the mulberry tree").

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Cabbage looper

The cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) is a moth in the family Noctuidae, a family commonly referred to as owlet moths.

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Calliphoridae

The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, or cluster flies) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with 1,100 known species.

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Calypter

A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the forewing of flies between the extreme posterior wing base and the alula, which covers the halteres.

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Caterpillar

Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

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Centipede

Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, "hundred", and pes, pedis, "foot") are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which also includes Millipedes and other multi-legged creatures.

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Compsilura

Compsilura is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae from Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa.

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Danaus chrysippus

Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger or African queen, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa.

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Dexiinae

Dexiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Eldana

Eldana is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae containing only one species, the African sugar-cane borer (Eldana saccharina), which is commonly found in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and South Africa.

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Embryonated

Embryonated, unembryonated and de-embryonated are terms generally used in reference to eggs or, in botany, to seeds.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Eruciform

Eruciform (literally: "caterpillar-shaped") is the entomological term describing a certain class of shapes of insect larvae.

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Exorista

Exorista is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Exoristinae

Exoristinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Gonia (fly)

Gonia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are insects of the suborder Caelifera within the order Orthoptera, which includes crickets and their allies in the other suborder Ensifera.

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Gymnosoma

Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Gynaephora groenlandica

Gynaephora groenlandica, the arctic woolly bear moth, is an erebid moth endemic to the high Arctic, specifically the Canadian archipelago and Greenland.

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Halteres

In dipterous insects, halteres (singular halter or haltere) are minute dumbbell-shaped organs which have been modified from hindwings to provide a means of encoding body rotations during flight.

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Hemiptera

The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.

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Housefly

The housefly (Musca domestica) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha.

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Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.

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Indomalayan realm

The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Instar

An instar (from the Latin "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (ecdysis), until sexual maturity is reached.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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List of Tachinidae genera

This is a list of the genera currently recognised in the fly family Tachinidae.

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Maggot

A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and Crane flies.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Mesothorax

The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the second pair of legs.

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Nearctic realm

The Nearctic is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Nectar

Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.

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Ostrinia furnacalis

Ostrinia furnacalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae, the grass moths.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.

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Ovipositor

The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for the laying of eggs.

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Ovoviviparity

Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, or ovivipary, is a mode of reproduction in animals in which embryos that develop inside eggs remain in the mother's body until they are ready to hatch.

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Palearctic realm

The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight biogeographic realms on the Earth's surface, first identified in the 19th century, and still in use today as the basis for zoogeographic classification.

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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Parasitoid

A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host and at the host's expense, and which sooner or later kills it.

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Parasitoid wasp

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita.

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Phasia

Phasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Phasiinae

Phasiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells).

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Pollinator

A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.

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Protelean

Protelean organisms are those that begin the growing phase of their lives as parasites, and in particular, typically as internal parasites.

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Sawfly

Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera alongside ants, bees and wasps.

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Scale insect

The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha.

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Scutellum (insect anatomy)

The scutellum is the posterior portion of either the mesonotum or the metanotum of an insect thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups.

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Sericulture

Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk.

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Tachina fera

Tachina fera is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae.

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Tachininae

Tachininae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Taxonomy (biology)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Voria

Voria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Redirects here:

Sturmiini, Tachina flies, Tachina fly, Tachinid, Tachinid flies, Tachinid fly.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachinidae

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