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Lixadmontia
''Lixadmontia'' is a genus of tachinid flies in the family 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 fami .... Species *'' Lixadmontia franki'' Wood & Cave, 2006 Distribution Guatemala, Honduras. References Exoristinae Diptera of North America Tachinidae genera Monotypic Brachycera genera {{blondeliini-stub ...
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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. Life cycle Reproductive strategies vary greatly between Tachinid species, largely, but not always clearly, according to their respective life cycles. This means that they tend to be generalists rather than specialists. Comparatively few are restricted to a single host species, so there is little tendency towards the close co-evolution one finds in the adaptations of many specialist species to their hosts, such as are typical of protelean paras ...
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Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of t ...
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from ...
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Exoristinae
Exoristinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae. Tribes & genera *Tribe Acemyini Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889 **'' Acemya'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 **'' Atlantomyia'' Crosskey, 1977 **''Ceracia'' Rondani, 1865 **''Charitella'' Mesnil, 1957 **''Eoacemyia'' Townsend, 1926 **'' Hygiella'' Mesnil, 1957 **''Metacemyia'' Herting, 1969 *Tribe Anacamptomyiini **'' Anacamptomyia'' Bischof, 1904 **''Euvespivora'' Baranov, 1942 **'' Isochaetina'' Mesnil, 1950 **'' Koralliomyia'' Mesnil, 1950 **''Leucocarcelia'' Villeneuve, 1921 **'' Parapales'' Mesnil, 1950 *Tribe Blondeliini **'' Admontia'' Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 **'' Afrolixa'' Curran, 1939 **''Angustia'' Sellers, 1943 **''Anisia'' Wulp, 1890 **'' Anoxynops'' Townsend, 1927 **''Belida'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 **''Biomeigenia'' Mesnil, 1961 **''Blondelia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 **''Calodexia'' van der Wulp **''Calolydella'' Townsend, 1927 **''Celatoria'' Coquillett, 1890 **''Chaetonodexodes'' Townsend, 1 ...
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Diptera Of North America
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described. Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are often laid on the la ...
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Tachinidae Genera
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. Life cycle Reproductive strategies vary greatly between Tachinid species, largely, but not always clearly, according to their respective life cycles. This means that they tend to be generalists rather than specialists. Comparatively few are restricted to a single host species, so there is little tendency towards the close co-evolution one finds in the adaptations of many specialist species to their hosts, such as are typical of protelean paras ...
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