Tachina
Encyclopedia
Tachina is a genus
of large flies
in the family Tachinidae
, most have larva
e that are parasitoid
s of Lepidoptera
n caterpillar
s. There are approximately 600 species worldwide.
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 large 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...
, most have larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e that are parasitoid
Parasitoid
A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host organism in a relationship that is in essence parasitic; unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilises or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host...
s of Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
n caterpillar
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...
s. There are approximately 600 species worldwide.
Species
- Subgenus Eudoromyia BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1906 (Palearctic) - Tachina feraTachina feraTachina fera is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae. It is found across Europe as far north as Scandinavia. Its larvae are parasitoids of the caterpillars of moths in the family Noctuidae; afflicted species include the Broom Moth Ceramica pisi, the Dun-Bar Cosmia...
(LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1761) - Subgenus Nowickia Wachtl, 1894 (Nearctic)
- Tachina actinosa (Reinhard, 1938)
- Tachina acuminata (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina ampliforceps (Rowe, 1931)
- Tachina atripalpis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
- Tachina brevirostris (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina brevipalpis (Chao & Zhou, 1993)
- Tachina californimyia Arnaud, 1992
- Tachina canadensis (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina compressa (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina cordiforceps (Rowe, 1931)
- Tachina dakotensis (Townsend, 1892)
- Tachina deludans (Villeneuve, 1936)
- Tachina egula (Reinhard, 1938)
- Tachina emarginata (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina evanida (Reinhard, 1953)
- Tachina funebris (Villeneuve, 1936)
- Tachina garretti Arnaud, 1994
- Tachina heifu (Chao & Shi, 1982)
- Tachina hingstoniae (Mesnil, 1966)
- Tachina invelata (Reinhard, 1953)
- Tachina latifacies (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina latiforceps (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina latigena (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina latilinea (Chao & Zhou, 1993)
- Tachina longiunguis (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina lutzi (Curran, 1925)
- Tachina margella (Reinhard, 1942)
- Tachina marklini 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...
, 1838 - Tachina mongolica (Zimin, 1935)
- Tachina nearctica Arnaud, 1992
- Tachina nigella (Reinhard, 1938)
- Tachina nigrovillosa (Zimin, 1935)
- Tachina orbitalis (Reinhard, 1942)
- Tachina palpalis (Coquillett, 1902)
- Tachina piceifrons (Townsend, 1916)
- Tachina pictilis (Reinhard, 1942)
- Tachina planiforceps (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina plumasana (Reinhard, 1953)
- Tachina polita (Zimin, 1935)
- Tachina praeceps(Meigen, 1824)
- Tachina rondanii (Giglio-Tos, 1890)
- Tachina strobelii (Rondani, 1865)
- Tachina tahoensis (Reinhard, 1938)
- Subgenus Rhachogaster Townsend, 1915 (Nearctic)
- Tachina algens WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1830 - Tachina eurekana (Reinhard, 1942)
- Tachina latianulum (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina oligoria Arnaud, 1992
- Tachina robinsoni (Townsend, 1915)
- Tachina rostrata (Tothill, 1924)
- Tachina spineiventer (Tothill, 1924)
- Subgenus Servillia 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 (Palearctic) - Tachina lurida (Fabricius, 1781)
- Tachina ursinaTachina ursinaTachina ursina is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae....
(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) - Subgenus Tachina (Palearctic)
- Tachina albidopilosa (Portschinsky, 1882)
- Tachina alticola (Malloch, 1932)
- Tachina amurensis (Zimin, 1929)
- Tachina anguisipennis (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina ardens (Zimin, 1929)
- Tachina aurulenta (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina bombidiforma (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina bombylia (Villeneuve, 1936)
- Tachina breviala (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina breviceps (Zimin, 1929)
- Tachina chaoi Mesnil, 1966
- Tachina cheni (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina corsicana (Villeneuve, 1931)
- Tachina flavosquama Chao, 1982
- Tachina furcipennis (Chao & Zhou, 1987)
- Tachina genurufa (Villeneuve, 1936)
- Tachina gibbiforceps (Chao, 1962)
- Tachina grossaTachina grossaTachina grossa or giant tachinid fly is a very large tachinid fly found throughout most of Western Europe. At it is one of the largest species of fly throughout much of its range and is the largest tachinid in Europe...
(LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758Systema NaturaeThe book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...
) - Tachina haemorrhoa (Mesnil, 1953)
- Tachina iota Chao & Arnaud, 1993
- Tachina jakovlewii (Portschinsky, 1882)
- Tachina laterolinea (Chao, 1962)
- Tachina lateromaculata (Chao, 1962)
- Tachina longiventris (Chao, 1962)
- Tachina luteola (Coquillett, 1898)
- Tachina macropuchia Chao, 1982
- Tachina magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1844)
- Tachina medogensis (Chao & Zhou, 1988)
- Tachina metatarsa Chao & Zhou, 1998
- Tachina nupta (Rondani, 1859)
- Tachina persica (Portschinsky, 1873)
- Tachina pingbian Chao & Arnaud, 1993
- Tachina praeceps Meigen, 1824
- Tachina pubiventris (Chao, 1962)
- Tachina pulvera (Chao, 1962)
- Tachina punctocincta (Villeneuve, 1936)
- Tachina qingzangensis (Chao, 1982)
- Tachina rohdendorfi Zimin, 1935
- Tachina rohdendorfiana Chao & Arnaud, 1993
- Tachina ruficauda (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina sobria Walker, 1853
- Tachina spina (Chao, 1987)
- Tachina stackelbergi (Zimin, 1929)
- Tachina subcinerea Walker, 1853
- Tachina tienmushan Chao & Arnaud, 1993
- Tachina ursinoidea (Tothill, 1918)
- Tachina xizangensis (Chao, 1982)
- Tachina zaqu Chao & Arnaud, 1993
- Tachina zimini (Chao, 1962)