Clemelis pullata

Clemelis pullata is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.^[11][12][13] This family consists of dipteran tachina flies, which are protelean parasitoids of arthropods.

Clemelis pullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Goniini
Genus:	Clemelis
Species:	C. pullata
Binomial name
Clemelis pullata (Meigen, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
Tachina pullata Meigen, 1824[1] Clemelis aurea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[2] Clemelis oblimata Mesnil, 1954[3] Phorocera aurulenta Perris, 1852[4] Phorocera lata Perris, 1852[4] Phorocera polleniella Rondani, 1859[5] Tachina dalecarlica Zetterstedt, 1859[6] Tachina mundula Zetterstedt, 1844[7] Tachina vibrissata Zetterstedt, 1838[8] Tritochaeta prosopoides Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889[9] Zenillia ciligera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[10] Zenillia lubrica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[2]

This species (previously called Zenillia pullata) is said to have the world's smallest insect eggs, with dimensions of 0.027 by 0.02 mm (about 8 nanograms).^[14]

Distribution

British Isles, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, China, Mongolia, Morocco, Russia, Armenia.