Tachinidae

Tachinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Oestroidea
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamilies
	Dexiinae; Exoristinae; Goniinae; Phasiinae; Tachininae;

Tachinidae is a family of flies. There are over 8,200 species in this family. There are about 1,300 in North America. These flies are commonly known as tachina flies or tachinids.

They are found in almost all habitats all over the world. There are Neotropical, Nearctic, Afrotropical,^[1] Palaearctic, Oriental, Australasian and Oceanic species.

Tachinidae Media

"Tachinidae" by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy, 1909
Tachinid eggs (possibly Trichopoda pennipes) on Leptoglossus occidentalis
Ormia ochracea, notable for its acute directional hearing

References

↑ "Barraclough, D.A. 1996. Montanothalma natalensis, a new high altitude genus and species of Microphthalmini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) from the Natal Drakensberg of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 123-129". Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2010-01-06.

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[1] "Barraclough, D.A. 1996. Montanothalma natalensis, a new high altitude genus and species of Microphthalmini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) from the Natal Drakensberg of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 123-129". Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2010-01-06.

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