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Definition of Family Tachinidae
1. Noun. Parasites on other insects.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Member holonyms: Tachina Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Tachinidae
Literary usage of Family Tachinidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"... INCH family Tachinidae Tachinid flies This family is by far the largest and
most important group of insect- parasitic flies, with over 1300 species in ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"This Crabro is parasitised by an Ichneumonid of the genus Tryphon, and by a
two-winged fly of uncertain genus, but belonging to the family Tachinidae. ..."
3. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"family Tachinidae (The Tachina Flies).—This family has by some students of the
subject been regarded as the most useful family of insects from an economic ..."
4. The House Fly, Disease Carrier: An Account of Its Dangerous Activities and by Leland Ossian Howard (1911)
"In the family Tachinidae, a group composed almost entirely of species which lay
their eggs upon other living insects, there are many species which almost ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"A parasitic fly of the family Tachinidae is destructive to bees in several of
the States. In importing bees, the bee louse, ..."
6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1881)
"Spec. 26, 27; can not name the two species. [6 spec.; all N. York, Manlius, Aug.
21-27, Sept. 6; Cayuga Lake, June 19; Comstock.J family Tachinidae. Sectio. ..."
7. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"... service than in that exceedingly large and homogeneous assemblage designated
in the works of the more conservative authors as the family Tachinidae. ..."
8. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"... as his second group and Sarcophaga, Dexia, etc., as his fourth group under
the family Tachinidae, dropping the name Sarcophagidae. ..."
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