Trichopoda

Trichopoda
Trichopoda pennipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Phasiinae
Tribe:	Trichopodini
Genus:	Trichopoda Berthold, 1827
subgenus
Galactomyia Townsend, 1908 Trichopoda Berthold, 1827

Trichopoda is a genus of tachinid flies, commonly known as the feather-legged flies or hairy-legged flies. The name comes from Greek, Tricho meaning hair and poda meaning foot. 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.^[1][2] They are found in North and South America.

Species

• Subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908

• Trichopoda bosqi (Blanchard, 1966)
• Trichopoda christenseni (Blanchard, 1966)
• Trichopoda giacomelli (Blanchard, 1966)
• Trichopoda lanipes Fabricius, 1805
• Trichopoda limbata (Blanchard, 1966)
• Trichopoda nigrifrontalis (Blanchard, 1966)
• Trichopoda pennipes Fabricius, 1781

• Subgenus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827

• 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

1. BugGuide
2. 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.
3. ITIS

External links

• Photographs of Trichopoda pennipes