Thelaira nigripes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thelaira nigripes
Thelaira nigripes 01.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Thelaira
Species:
T. nigripes
Binomial name
Thelaira nigripes
(Fallén, 1817)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Thelaira nigripes is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1817.[2][3] It parasitizes moths such as Arctia caja by laying eggs in the larvae that eventually kill the host.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Fallén, C. F. (1817). "Beskrifning öfver de i Sverige funna fluge arter, som kunna föres till slägtet Musca. Första afdelningen". Kungliga svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 4 [“1816”]: 226–254.
  2. ^ a b Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. ^ James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.


This article related to members of the fly subfamily Dexiinae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""