-
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...
- (Mycetophilidae) are
scavengers and aid in decomposition.
Robber flies (Asilidae),
tachinids (Tachinidae) and
dagger flies and
balloon flies (Empididae) are predators...
- as many Calliphoridae, that rely on
fresh dung, and
parasitoids such as
tachinid flies that
depend on
entering the host as soon as possible, the embryos...
-
trinitatis Thompson, 1963
Trinidad and Tobago. Thompson, W.R. (1963). "The
tachinids of Trinidad. III. The
goniines with
microtype eggs (Dipt. Tachinidae)"...
- are
parasitic species of Tachinidae, or
tachinid flies,
whose larvae are endoparasites. One
species of
tachinid fly,
Triarthria setipennis, has been demonstrated...
-
ruficauda Thompson, 1963
Trinidad and Tobago. Thompson, W.R. (1963). "The
tachinids of Trinidad. III. The
goniines with
microtype eggs (Dipt. Tachinidae)"...
-
themselves pupate,
killing the
Polyphemus pupa. The
Compsilura concinnata tachinid fly,
introduced to
North America to
control the
spongy moth, is one particular...
- "The
tachinids of Trinidad. VIII. Phorocerines".
Memoirs of the
Entomological Society of Canada. 56: 1–207. Thompson, W.R. (1963). "The
tachinids of Trinidad...
-
species of
tachinid flies in the
genus Clausicella of the
family Tachinidae. Richter, V.A. (1975). "Contribution to the
fauna of
tachinids (Diptera, Tachinidae)...
- Fahrenheit. In 1975, Dr.
William H. Cade
discovered that the
parasitic tachinid fly
Ormia ochracea is
attracted to the song of the cricket, and uses it...
