Triarthria setipennis

Triarthria setipennis is a species of tachinid fly which parasitizes other insects, including earwigs.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Triarthria setipennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Bigonichetini
Genus:	Triarthria
Species:	T. setipennis
Binomial name
Triarthria setipennis (Fallén, 1810)[1]
Synonyms
Tachina spinipennis Meigen, 1824[2] Tachina setipennis Fallén, 1810[1] Osmaea grisea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[3] Thryptocera zonata Meigen, 1838[4] Bigonicheta mariettii Rondani, 1845[5] Thryptocera ciliata Macquart, 1848[6] Metopia forficulae Newport, 1853[7] Stephania meridionalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[8]

Distribution

Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom.^[11][12]

It has been introduced from Europe in the 1920s to control Forficula auricularia (European earwig) and it is established in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Newfoundland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.^[15]