Rutilia

Rutilia
Rutilia vivipara (?)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Dexiinae
Tribe: Rutiliini
Genus: Rutilia
Type species
Rutilia vivipara (Fabricius, 1805)
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Rutilia is a large genus of medium to large (>20mm) flies in the family Tachinidae native to Australia and the Oriental region.[1][2] Like the vast majority of tachinid flies, Rutilia species are parasitoids of other insects, specifically Rutilia are known to be parasitoids of late instar larvae of Scarabaeidae.

Subgenera and species[2]

Rutilia is a large genus comprising seven subgenera, listed below:
Rutilia (Ameniamima) (Crosskey, 1973)

Rutilia (Chrysorutilia) (Townsend, 1915)

Rutilia (Donovanius) (Enderlein, 1936)

Rutilia (Grapholostylum) (Macqart, 1851)

Rutilia (Microrutilia) (Townsend, 1915)

Rutilia (Neorutilia) (Malloch, 1936)

Rutilia (Rutilia) (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

References

  1. O'Hara, J.E. 2011. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 6.0. PDF document, 75 pp. Available from: http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver6.pdf (accessed [8-JAN-2012]).
  2. 1 2 Crosskey RW (1973) A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Supp. 21, London.


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