Exoristinae

Exoristinae
Exorista larvarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[1]

Exoristinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.[2][3][4][5] Most species are parasitoids of caterpillars.

Egg of Istocheta aldrichi on Japanese beetle
Mating pair of flies of the tribe Goniini
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Robineau-Desvoidy1863 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2190. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  3. ^ O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
  4. ^ Stein, Paul (1924). "Die verbreitetsten Tachiniden Mitteleuropas nach ihren Gattungen und Arten" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 90A (6): 1–271. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. ^ Mitra, Bulganin; Sharma, R.M. "Checklist Of Indian Tachinid Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Jabalpur. pp. 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.