Tachina | |
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Tachina praeceps | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Tachininae |
Tribe: | Tachinini |
Genus: | Tachina Meigen, 1803 |
Type species | |
Musca grossa | |
Subgenera | |
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Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of lepidopteran caterpillars.[2][3]