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Euclytia
''Euclytia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *'' Euclytia flava'' ( Townsend, 1891) Distribution Canada, United States. References Phasiinae Brachycera genera Monotypic Brachycera genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of North America {{phasiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euclytia Flava
''Euclytia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *'' Euclytia flava'' ( Townsend, 1891) Distribution Canada, United States. References Phasiinae Brachycera genera Monotypic Brachycera genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of North America {{phasiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasiinae
Phasiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae. The members of this subfamily attack only Heteroptera. Tribes & genera The subfamily Phasiinae contains the following tribes and genera: ; Tribe Catharosiini : '' Catharosia'' Rondani, 1868 : '' Stackelbergomyia'' Rohdendorf, 1948 ; Tribe Cylindromyiini : '' Argyromima'' Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889 : '' Australotachina'' Curran, 1834 : '' Bellina'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 : '' Besseria'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : '' Catapariprosopa'' Townsend, 1927 : '' Cylindromyia'' Meigen, 1803 : '' Hemyda'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : '' Huttonobesseria'' Curran, 1927 : '' Lophosia'' Meigen, 1824 : '' Mesniletta'' Herting, 1979 : '' Neobrachelia'' Townsend, 1931 : '' Neolophosia'' Townsend, 1939 : '' Phania'' Meigen, 1824 : '' Phasiocyptera'' Townsend, 1927 : '' Polistiopsis'' Townsend, 1915 : '' Polybiocyptera'' Guimarães, 1979 : '' Pygidimyia'' Crosskey, 1967 ; Tribe Euscopoliopterygini : '' Euscopoliopteryx'' Townsend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend (5 December 1863 – 17 March 1944) was an American entomologist specializing in the study of tachinids (Tachinidae), a large and diverse family of flies (Diptera) with larvae that are parasitoids of other insects. He was perhaps the most prolific publisher of new tachinids, naming and describing some 3000 species and genera. He made important contributions to the biological control of insect pests and he was the first to identify the insect vector of a debilitating disease in Peru. Townsend was also a controversial figure and criticism of his approach to insect taxonomy continues to this day. Biography Townsend was born in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1863. He attended high school in Constantine, Michigan and graduated in 1882. From 1887 to 1891 he studied medicine at Columbian University (now George Washington University) in Washington, D.C. At the same time he worked in the United States Department of Agriculture as an assistant entomologist for Charles V. Ril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachinidae
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. Life cycle Reproductive strategies vary greatly between Tachinid species, largely, but not always clearly, according to their respective life cycles. This means that they tend to be generalists rather than specialists. Comparatively few are restricted to a single host species, so there is little tendency towards the close co-evolution one finds in the adaptations of many specialist species to their hosts, such as are typical of protelean parasito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
