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Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America.
Eupeodes corollae
species of insect
Trichopoda pennipes
species of insect
Urophora cardui
species of insect
Aphidoletes aphidimyza
species of insect
Simosyrphus grandicornis
species of insect
Myiopharus doryphorae
species of insect
Feltiella acarisuga
species of insect
Compsilura concinnata
species of insect
Toxorhynchites speciosus
species of insect
Archytas marmoratus
species of insect
Trigonospila brevifacies
species of insect
Istocheta aldrichi
species of insect
Ophiomyia lantanae
species of insect
Ophiomyia camarae
species of insect
American hoverfly
species of insect
Cyzenis albicans
species of insect
Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Syrphid native to the Mediterranean. Aphid predator.
Cystiphora sonchi
species of insect
Ormia depleta
species of insect
Lespesia archippivora
species of insect
Leucopis
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Leucopis is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. There are at least 20 described species in Leucopis. Flies from this genus are used in biological control of adelgids.