Family

Tachinidae (Bristle flies)

Trichopoda indivisa. Photo: (c) Tracey Fandre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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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 1300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachina flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Diptera (Flies)
        Suborder: Brachycera (Brachyceran flies)
        Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha (Cyclorrhaphan flies)
        Zoosection: Schizophora (Schizophoran flies)
        Zoosubsection: Calyptratae (Calyptrate flies)
        Superfamily: Oestroidea (Bot flies, blow flies, and allies)
        Family: Tachinidae (Bristle flies)
        Subfamily: Tachininae (3)
        Subfamily: Dexiinae (1)
        Subfamily: Phasiinae (1)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Tachininae

Subfamily: Dexiinae

Subfamily: Phasiinae

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