Trichopoda (subgenus)

Trichopoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Phasiinae
Tribe:	Trichopodini
Genus:	Trichopoda
Subgenus:	Trichopoda Berthold, 1827

Trichopoda is a subgenus of tachinid flies, commonly known as the feather-legged flies or hairy-legged flies. .^[1]^[2] They are found in North and South America.

Species

Trichopoda ciliata (Fabricius), 1805
Trichopoda incognita (Blanchard, 1966)
Trichopoda indivisa Townsend, 1897
Trichopoda pilipes (Fabricius), 1805
Trichopoda plumipes (Fabricius), 1805
Trichopoda subdivisa Townsend, 1908^[3]

References

↑ BugGuide
↑ Arnaud Jr, Paul H. (1978). A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 1-860.
↑ ITIS

External links

Photographs of Trichopoda pennipes

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