Trichopoda is a genus of tachinid flies, commonly known as the feather-legged flies or hairy-legged flies. They are small, brightly coloured flies that congregate on flowers, feeding on nectar. The halteres are covered with yellow scales and there is a fringe of flattened hairs on the hind legs. The larvae are parasitoids of true bugs in the order Hemiptera, including stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae and leaf-footed bugs and squash bugs in the family Coreidae.[4][5] They are found in North and South America.[6][7]
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| Trichopoda pennipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasiinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnosomatini |
| Genus: | Trichopoda Berthold, 1827[1] |
| Type species | |
| Thereva plumipes | |
| Subgenera | |
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Species edit
- Subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908[2]
- Trichopoda auricauda Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda castannea Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda curvicercus Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda dupuisi Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda elongata Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda eupilipes Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda flava Röder, 1885[8]
- Trichopoda goliana Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda lanipes (Fabricius, 1805)[3]
- Trichopoda nigricauda Bigot, 1876[9]
- Trichopoda pennipes Fabricius, 1781
- Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876[9]
- Trichopoda pilipes (Fabricius, 1805)[3]
- Trichopoda splendida Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda subalipes Townsend, 1897[10]
- Trichopoda tenebrosa Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda tschorsnigi Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Trichopoda umbra Walker, 1849[11]
- Trichopoda urucurytuba Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
- Subgenus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827[1]
- Trichopoda alipes Wulp, 1892[12]
- Trichopoda indivisa Townsend, 1897[10]
- Trichopoda plumipes (Fabricius, 1805)[3]
- Trichopoda squamipes Wulp, 1892[12]
- Trichopoda subdivisa (Townsend, 1908)[2]
- Trichopoda sabroskyi Dios & Nihei, 2020[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Berthold, A.A. (1827). Latreille's Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem Franzosischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusatzen. Weimar: Gr.H. S. priv. Landes=Industrie. pp. x + 606 pp.
- ^ a b c Townsend, C.H.T. (1908). "The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 51. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ BugGuide
- ^ Arnaud Jr, Paul H. (1978). A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 860 pp.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dios, R.V.P.; Nihei, S.S. (2020). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827 (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae), with emphasis on the Neotropical fauna" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4870: 1–104. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Röder, V. von (1885). "Dipteren von der Insel Portorico". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 46: 337–349.
- ^ a b Bigot, J.M.F. (1876). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 6e partie. VIII. Curie des Phasides (Phasidae, mihi). Genres Trichopoda (Macq.) et Bogosia (Rond.)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 6 (5): 389–400. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ a b Townsend, C.H.T. (1897). "Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station.—No II. (continued). On a collection of Diptera from the lowlands of the Rio Nautla, in the state of Vera Cruz. II. [Concl.]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (6): 272–29.
- ^ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689-1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ a b Wulp, F.M. van der (1892). "Diagnoses of new Mexican Muscidae". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 35: 183–195. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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