''Celatoria'' is a genus of
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
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, 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 t ...
.
Larvae are parasitoids of
leaf beetles
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous su ...
.
Species
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Celatoria bosqi''
Blanchard, 1937
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Celatoria brasiliensis''
Townsend, 1929
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Celatoria compressa''
( Wulp, 1890)
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Celatoria diabroticae''
( Shimer, 1871)
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Celatoria maracasi''
Thompson, 1968
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Celatoria nigricans''
( Wulp, 1890)
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Celatoria setosa''
( Coquillett, 1895)
References
Exoristinae
Brachycera genera
Taxa named by Daniel William Coquillett
Diptera of South America
Diptera of North America
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