TACHININAE
(a subfamily of parasitoid fles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Tribe 7 subtaxa 61 images
Tribe 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Tribe 1 subtaxa 7 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
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Tribe 1 subtaxa 2 images
Tribe 2 subtaxa 4 images
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Genus 2 subtaxa 4 images
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Tribe 1 subtaxa 14 images
Female (Click to open)
Tribe 1 subtaxa 18 images
Male (Click to open)
Tribe 3 subtaxa 25 images 1 ident. refs
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Tribe 6 subtaxa 191 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

TACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 226 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
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