''Tachina'' is a

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of large

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have

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e that are

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s of

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Taxonomy

'' Nowickia'' Wachtl, 1894, treated by some authors as a subgenus of ''Tachina '' Meigen, 1803, following most authors is now accepted as a valid genus and treated separately.

Species

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1761) *'' Tachina ferina'' Meigen, 1830 *'' Tachina fesfiva'' Meigen, 1824 *'' Tachina fischeri'' Gimmerthal, 1834 *'' Tachina fissa'' Walker, 1853 *'' Tachina flavicalyptrata'' Macquart, 1854 *'' Tachina flaviceps'' Macquart, 1854 *'' Tachina flavifrons'' Macquart, 1854 *'' Tachina flavipes'' (Chao, 1962) *'' Tachina flavopilosa'' ( Bigot, 1888) *'' Tachina flavosquama'' Chao, 1982 *'' Tachina flexa'' Walker, 1853 *'' Tachina florum'' Walker, 1849 *'' Tachina furcipennis'' (Chao & Zhou, 1987) *'' Tachina garretti'' Arnaud, 1994 *'' Tachina genurufa'' ( Villeneuve, 1936) *'' Tachina gibbiforceps'' (Chao, 1962) *'' Tachina gimmerthali'' Gimmerthal, 1834 *'' Tachina glabrata'' Meigen, 1824 *'' Tachina griseicollis'' Meigen, 1824 *'' Tachina griseifrons'' Zimin , 1984 *'' Tachina grisescens'' Meigen, 1838 *'' Tachina grossa'' (

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4008460 Tachinidae Brachycera genera Diptera of Europe Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen