Tachinidae

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Name (Hebrew)
טחינדה
Name (Latin)
Tachinidae
Name (Arabic)
تاشينيات
Other forms of name
Dexiidae
Exoristidae
Gymnosomatidae
Hystriciidae
Larvaevoridae
Masiceridae
Phasiidae
Rutiliidae
Tachinid flies
Tachinids
See Also From tracing topical name
Diptera
Flies
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q235715
Library of congress: sh 85131843
Sources of Information
  • O'Hara, J.E. General information about tachinid flies, via WWW, Sept. 7, 2004(the Tachinidae are a large and diverse family of flies (Diptera); tachinids)
  • The tachinid times, Feb. 2004, via WWW, Sept. 7, 2004.
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Wikipedia description:

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. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America.

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