''Actinodoria'' is a genus of

tachinid flies 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 ...

in the family

Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, 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 t ...

. The only known tachinid

parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...

of a

dragonfly A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threat ...

is believed to belong to this genus, and was discovered as a larva living near the dragonfly's wing muscles.

Species

*'' Actinodoria argentata'' Reinhard, 1975 *'' Actinodoria argentea'' Thompson, 1964 *'' Actinodoria argentifrons'' ( Wulp, 1890) *'' Actinodoria cuprea'' Townsend, 1927

References

Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of North America Exoristinae {{blondeliini-stub