Phasiinae
Encyclopedia
Phasiinae is a subfamily
of flies
in the family Tachinidae
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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...
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 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...
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Tribes & Genera
- Tribe CatharosiiniCatharosiiniCatharosiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Genera:*Catharosia Róndani, 1868*Litophasia Girschner, 1887...
- CatharosiaCatharosiaCatharosia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. albisquama *C. calva *C. claripennis Kugler, 1977*C. flavicornis *C. frontalis...
RóndaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1868 - LitophasiaLitophasiaLitophasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. hyalipennis Litophasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. hyalipennis Litophasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. hyalipennis (Fallén, 1815*L. sulcifacies Dear, 1980...
Girschner, 1887 - Tribe CylindromyiiniCylindromyiiniCylindromyiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Genera:*Besseria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830*Catapariprosopa Townsend, 1927*Cylindromyia Meigen, 1803*Hemyda Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830*Lophosia Meigen, 1824...
- BesseriaBesseriaBesseria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*B. anthophila *B. atra *B. brevipennis *B. dimidiata *B. lateritia...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 - CatapariprosopaCatapariprosopaCatapariprosopa is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. curvicauda Townsend, 1927*C. rubiginans...
Townsend, 1927 - CylindromyiaCylindromyiaCylindromyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*Subgenus Apinocyptera Townsend, 1915*C. nana *C. platensis Guimarães, 1976*C. signatipennis *C. thompsoni Guimarães, 1976...
MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1803 - HemydaHemydaHemyda is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*H. aurata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830*H. hertingi Ziegler & Shima, 1996*H. obscuripennis *H. vittata...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 - LophosiaLophosiaLophosia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. angusticauda *L. bicincta *L. caudalis Sun, 1996*L. excisa Tothill, 1918*L. fasciata Meigen, 1824...
MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824 - PenthosiaPenthosiaPenthosia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*P. satanica...
van der Wulp, 1892 - PhaniaPhaniaPhania is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*P. albisquama *P. curvicauda *P. funesta *P. incrassata Pandellé, 1894*P. speculifrons...
MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824 - Tribe EutheriniEutheriniEutherini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Genera:*Euthera Loew, 1854*Redtenbacheria Schiner, 1861...
- RedtenbacheriaRedtenbacheriaRedtenbacheria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*R. insignis Egger, 1861...
SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1861 - EutheraEutheraEuthera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.. Some North American workers place this genus in the subfamily Dexiinae.-Species:*E. bicolor Coquillett, 1902*E. fascipennis *E. setifacies Brooks, 1945...
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 - Tribe LeucostomatiniLeucostomatiniLeucostomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Genera:*Calyptromyia Villeneuve, 1915*Cinochira Zetterstedt, 1845*Clairvillia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830*Clairvilliops Mesnil, 1959*Dionaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830...
- CalyptromyiaCalyptromyiaCalyptromyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. barbata Villeneuve, 1915...
VilleneuveJoseph Th.Villeneuve de JantiJoseph Villeneuve de Janti Was a French entomologist who specialised inDiptera .He worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in the same city.As well as naming many new taxa Villeneuve made many significant contributions to medical entomology.He...
, 1915 - CinochiraCinochiraCinochira is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. -Species:*C. atra Zetterstedt, 1845...
ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1845 - ClairvilliaClairvilliaClairvillia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. amicta Reinhard, 1962*C. biguttata *C. nitoris *C. pninae Kugler, 1971*C. timberlakei...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 - ClairvilliopsClairvilliopsClairvilliops is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. breviforceps van Emden, 1954...
Mesnil, 1959 - DionaeaDionaea (fly)Dionaea is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*D. aurifrons *D. flavisquamis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863*D. magnifrons Herting, 1977...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 - LabigasteraLabigasteraLabigastera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. forcipata *L. latiforceps Tschorsnig, 2000*L. nitidula *L. pauciseta...
MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1834 - LeucostomaLeucostoma (fly)Leucostoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. abbreviatum Herting, 1971*L. acirostre Reinhard, 1956*L. anthracinum *L. aterrimum *L. crassum Kugler, 1966...
MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1803 - Tribe PhasiiniPhasiiniPhasiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Genera:*Cistogaster Latreille, 1829*Clytiomya Róndani, 1861*Gymnoclytia Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1893*Gymnosoma Meigen, 1803*Opesia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863...
- CistogasterCistogasterCistogaster is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.. Known hosts are Hemiptera of the genus Aelia sp. .-Species:*C. globosa...
LatreillePierre André LatreillePierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
, 1829 - ClytiomyaClytiomyaClytiomya is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. continua *C. dupuisi Kugler, 1971*C. mesnili Kugler, 1968*C. sola...
RóndaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1861 - GymnoclytiaGymnoclytiaGymnoclytia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*G. dubia *G. immaculata *G. minuta Brooks, 1946*G. occidentalis Townsend, 1908*G. occidua...
BrauerFriedrich Moritz BrauerFriedrich Moritz Brauer . An Austrian entomologist who was Director of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, at the time of his death...
& von Bergenstamm, 1893 - GymnosomaGymnosomaGymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.The name "Gymnosoma" literally translates as "naked body", and presumably refers to the fact that some species in the genus are less conspicuously bristly than most species of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*G. acrosterni Kugler,...
MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1803 - OpesiaOpesiaOpesia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*O. americana *O. cana *O. descendens Herting, 1973*O. grandis...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1863 - PhasiaPhasiaPhasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*P. aeneoventris *P. africana Sun, 2003*P. albipennis *P. albopunctata *P. aldrichii...
LatreillePierre André LatreillePierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
, 1804 - SubclytiaSubclytiaSubclytia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*S. rotundiventris...
PandelléLouis PandelléLouis Pandellé was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Diptera.-Works:Partial...
, 1894