Euthera
Encyclopedia
Euthera is a genus
of flies
in the family
Tachinidae
.. Some North American workers place this genus in the subfamily Dexiinae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flies
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tachinidae
Tachinidae
Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...
.. Some North American workers place this genus in the subfamily Dexiinae
Dexiinae
Dexiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Tribes & Genera:*Tribe Dexiini*Billaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830*Dexia Meigen, 1826*Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830*Estheria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830...
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Species
- E. bicolor CoquillettDaniel William CoquillettDaniel William Coquillett was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae...
, 1902 - E. fascipennisEuthera fascipennisEuthera fascipennis is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae....
(LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1854) - E. setifacies Brooks, 1945
- E. tentatrixEuthera tentatrixEuthera tentatrix is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae....
LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1866