Dios, Rodrigo de V. P.;Nihei, Silvio S.
Trichopoda
Sign in to savethumb|Trichopoda plumipes on [[goldenrod]] thumb|thumbtime=13|Anasa tristis|squash bug with [[Tachinid fly eggs attached and a feather-legged tachinid fly, probably Trichopoda pennipes, quickly depositing another egg on it.]]
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 96
- With media
- 65
- Family
- Tachinidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, PSUC, EMEC, UCSB, NAUF
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Colombia
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- Trichopoda pennipes.jpg
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- taxon common name
- Feather-legged Flies
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- Trichopoda
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thumb|Trichopoda plumipes on [[goldenrod]] thumb|thumbtime=13|Anasa tristis|squash bug with [[Tachinid fly eggs attached and a feather-legged tachinid fly, probably Trichopoda pennipes, quickly depositing another egg on it.]]
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. They are found in North and South America.
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