Phryxe
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Phryxe is a genus 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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Species

  • P. caudata (Róndani
    Camillo Róndani
    Camillo 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...

    , 1859)
  • P. erythrostoma (Hartig, 1838)
  • P. heraclei (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann 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)
  • P. hirta (Bigot
    Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
    Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...

    , 1880)
  • P. magnicornis (Zetterstedt
    Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
    Johan 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...

    , 1838)
  • P. nemea (Meigen
    Johann Wilhelm Meigen
    Johann 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)
  • P. patruelis Mesnil, 1953
  • P. pecosensis (Townsend, 1926)
  • P. prima (Brauer
    Friedrich Moritz Brauer
    Friedrich Moritz Brauer . An Austrian entomologist who was Director of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, at the time of his death...

     & von Bergenstamm, 1889)
  • P. semicaudata Herting, 1959
  • P. setifacies (Villeneuve
    Joseph Th.Villeneuve de Janti
    Joseph 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...

    , 1910)
  • P. tenebrata Herting, 1977
  • P. unicolor (Villeneuve
    Joseph Th.Villeneuve de Janti
    Joseph 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...

    , 1908)
  • P. vulgaris (Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén
    Carl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....

    , 1810)
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