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Xanthomelanodes
Sign in to saveXanthomelanodes is a genus of parasitoid flies in the family Tachinidae,comprising 13 described species. Like all members of the subfamily Phasiinae, the larvae are endoparasitoids of true bugs (Heteroptera), developing inside their hosts and ultimately killing them.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Xanthomelanodes, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
Vinony files it under Brachycera genera, Flies of North America and Flies of South America.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTachinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Tachinidae
- Collections
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY, EMEC, UCSB, OMNH, NAUF, USNM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Peru, Mexico
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Xanthomelanodes arcuatus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Xanthomelanodes
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- topic's main category
- Category:Xanthomelanodes
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
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Xanthomelanodes is a genus of parasitoid flies in the family Tachinidae,comprising 13 described species. Like all members of the subfamily Phasiinae, the larvae are endoparasitoids of true bugs (Heteroptera), developing inside their hosts and ultimately killing them.
The tribe Gymnosomatini, to which Xanthomelanodes belongs, comprises flies specialised as parasitoids of true bugs in the order Hemiptera, particularly Heteroptera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xanthomelanodes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.