Calodexia

Calodexia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Calodexia; van der Wulp, 1891
Synonyms
	Chaetonalia Curran, 1934; Eucalodexia Townsend, 1938; Euoestrogaster Townsend, 1935; Euoestrogastrodes Townsend, 1935; Monoestrogaster Townsend, 1939; Ommaleskia Townsend, 1917; Parathelaira Townsend, 1919;

Calodexia is a Neotropical genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. Females follow columns of army ants, apparently waiting for cockroaches to be flushed from hiding.^[2]

References[]

^ James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
^ Wood, D. M. (1985). "A Taxonomic Conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 117 (S132). doi:10.4039/entm117132fv.

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