''Tachina vernalis'' is a species of
fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
in the genus ''
Tachina
''Tachina'' is a genus of large fly, flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of Lepidopteran caterpillars.
Taxonomy
''Nowickia'' Wachtl, 1894, treated by some authors ...
'' of the family
Tachinidae that is endemic to
Europe
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, but was introduced to
New England
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.
References
Insects described in 1830
Diptera of Europe
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
vernalis
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