Rutilia
Genus of flies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the genus of flies. For a Roman gens, see Rutilia gens.
Rutilia is a large genus of medium to large (>20mm) flies in the family Tachinidae native to Australia and the Oriental region, though notably absent from New Zealand.[3][4][5] 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 scarab beetles.
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Rutilia | |
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Rutilia vivipara (?) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tachinidae |
Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
Tribe: | Rutiliini |
Genus: | Rutilia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1] |
Type species | |
Rutilia vivipara |
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