Polideini

Polideini
Hystricia abrupta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Polideini

Polideini is a tribe of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.[1][2] The tribe is unusual for its diversity of hosts, including spiders, scorpions, and centipedes in addition to the usual insect larvae.[3]

  1. ^ O'Hara, James E. "Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". Tachinidae Resources.
  2. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ O'Hara, James E. (2002). "Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America North of Mexico". Studia dipterologica. Suppl. 10: 1–170. ISBN 3-932795-15-6.