Tachina

Tachina
Tachina praeceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Tachinini
Genus:	Tachina
Subgenera
Eudoromyia Bezzi, 1906 Servillia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Tachina
Synonyms
Echinomya Duméril, 1804 Echinomyia Latreille, 1809 Larvaevora Meigen, 1800 Fabriciella Bezzi, 1906[1]

Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae,^[2] most have larvae that are parasitoids of Lepidopteran caterpillars.^[3] There are approximately 600 species worldwide.

Species

• Subgenus Eudoromyia Bezzi, 1906 (Palearctic)

• Tachina fera (Linnaeus, 1761)

• Subgenus Nowickia Wachtl, 1894 (Nearctic)

• Tachina actinosa (Reinhard, 1938)
• Tachina acuminata (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina ampliforceps (Rowe, 1931)
• Tachina atripalpis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
• Tachina brevirostris (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina brevipalpis (Chao & Zhou, 1993)
• Tachina californimyia Arnaud, 1992
• Tachina canadensis (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina compressa (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina cordiforceps (Rowe, 1931)
• Tachina dakotensis (Townsend, 1892)
• Tachina deludans (Villeneuve, 1936)
• Tachina egula (Reinhard, 1938)
• Tachina emarginata (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina evanida (Reinhard, 1953)
• Tachina funebris (Villeneuve, 1936)
• Tachina garretti Arnaud, 1994
• Tachina heifu (Chao & Shi, 1982)
• Tachina hingstoniae (Mesnil, 1966)
• Tachina invelata (Reinhard, 1953)
• Tachina latifacies (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina latiforceps (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina latigena (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina latilinea (Chao & Zhou, 1993)
• Tachina longiunguis (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina lutzi (Curran, 1925)
• Tachina margella (Reinhard, 1942)
• Tachina marklini Zetterstedt, 1838
• Tachina mongolica (Zimin, 1935)
• Tachina nearctica Arnaud, 1992
• Tachina nigella (Reinhard, 1938)
• Tachina nigrovillosa (Zimin, 1935)
• Tachina orbitalis (Reinhard, 1942)
• Tachina palpalis (Coquillett, 1902)
• Tachina piceifrons (Townsend, 1916)
• Tachina pictilis (Reinhard, 1942)
• Tachina planiforceps (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina plumasana (Reinhard, 1953)
• Tachina polita (Zimin, 1935)
• Tachina praeceps(Meigen, 1824)
• Tachina rondanii (Giglio-Tos, 1890)
• Tachina strobelii (Rondani, 1865)
• Tachina tahoensis (Reinhard, 1938)

• Subgenus Rhachogaster Townsend, 1915 (Nearctic)

• Tachina algens Wiedemann, 1830
• Tachina eurekana (Reinhard, 1942)
• Tachina latianulum (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina oligoria Arnaud, 1992
• Tachina robinsoni (Townsend, 1915)
• Tachina rostrata (Tothill, 1924)
• Tachina spineiventer (Tothill, 1924)

• Subgenus Servillia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Palearctic)

• Tachina lurida (Fabricius, 1781)
• Tachina ursina (Meigen, 1824)

• Subgenus Tachina (Palearctic)

• Tachina albidopilosa (Portschinsky, 1882)
• Tachina alticola (Malloch, 1932)
• Tachina amurensis (Zimin, 1929)
• Tachina anguisipennis (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina ardens (Zimin, 1929)
• Tachina aurulenta (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina bombidiforma (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina bombylia (Villeneuve, 1936)
• Tachina breviala (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina breviceps (Zimin, 1929)
• Tachina chaoi Mesnil, 1966
• Tachina cheni (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina corsicana (Villeneuve, 1931)
• Tachina flavosquama Chao, 1982
• Tachina furcipennis (Chao & Zhou, 1987)
• Tachina genurufa (Villeneuve, 1936)
• Tachina gibbiforceps (Chao, 1962)
• Tachina grossa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tachina haemorrhoa (Mesnil, 1953)
• Tachina iota Chao & Arnaud, 1993
• Tachina jakovlewii (Portschinsky, 1882)
• Tachina laterolinea (Chao, 1962)
• Tachina lateromaculata (Chao, 1962)
• Tachina longiventris (Chao, 1962)
• Tachina luteola (Coquillett, 1898)
• Tachina macropuchia Chao, 1982
• Tachina magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1844)
• Tachina medogensis (Chao & Zhou, 1988)
• Tachina metatarsa Chao & Zhou, 1998
• Tachina nupta (Rondani, 1859)
• Tachina persica (Portschinsky, 1873)
• Tachina pingbian Chao & Arnaud, 1993
• Tachina praeceps Meigen, 1824
• Tachina pubiventris (Chao, 1962)
• Tachina pulvera (Chao, 1962)
• Tachina punctocincta (Villeneuve, 1936)
• Tachina qingzangensis (Chao, 1982)
• Tachina rohdendorfi Zimin, 1935
• Tachina rohdendorfiana Chao & Arnaud, 1993
• Tachina ruficauda (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina sobria Walker, 1853
• Tachina spina (Chao, 1987)
• Tachina stackelbergi (Zimin, 1929)
• Tachina subcinerea Walker, 1853
• Tachina tienmushan Chao & Arnaud, 1993
• Tachina ursinoidea (Tothill, 1918)
• Tachina xizangensis (Chao, 1982)
• Tachina zaqu Chao & Arnaud, 1993
• Tachina zimini (Chao, 1962)

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References

1. ^ James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). University of Guelph. http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010. 
2. ^ James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.
3. ^ Arnaud Jr, Paul H. (1978). A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. pp. 860 pp.