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Definition of Tachinidae
1. Noun. Parasites on other insects.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Member holonyms: Tachina Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tachinidae
Literary usage of Tachinidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Professor Townsend has recently published a useful table of the North American
genera of tachinidae (Trans. Amer. ent. soc. xix, p. ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"According to Karsch,2 it is a sub-family of tachinidae; but the fourth ...
These Insects are distinguished from tachinidae by the bristle of the antennae ..."
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