Trichopoda
Trichopoda | |
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Trichopoda pennipes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Tribe: | Gymnosomatini |
Genus: | Trichopoda Berthold, 1827 |
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Trichopoda is a genus of tachinid flies, commonly known as the feather-legged flies or hairy-legged flies. They are small, brightly coloured flies that congregate on flowers, feeding on nectar. The halteres are covered with yellow scales and there is a fringe of flattened hairs on the hind legs. The larvae are parasitoids of true bugs in the order Hemiptera, including stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae and leaf-footed bugs and squash bugs in the family Coreidae.[1][2] They are found in North and South America.
Species[]
- Subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908
- (Blanchard, 1966)
- (Blanchard, 1966)
- (Blanchard, 1966)
- Trichopoda lanipes Fabricius, 1805
- (Blanchard, 1966)
- (Blanchard, 1966)
- Trichopoda pennipes Fabricius, 1781
- Subgenus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827
- (Fabricius), 1805
- (Blanchard, 1966)
- Trichopoda indivisa Townsend, 1897
- (Fabricius), 1805
- Trichopoda plumipes (Fabricius), 1805
- Trichopoda subdivisa Townsend, 1908[3]
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Categories:
- Phasiinae
- Diptera of North America
- Diptera of South America
- Tachinidae genera
- Taxa named by Arnold Adolph Berthold
- Phasiinae stubs