Cryptomeigenia elegans

Cryptomeigenia elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oestroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Calyptratae
Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Tachinidae
Subfamilia: Exoristinae
Tribus: Blondeliini
Genus: Cryptomeigenia
Species: Cryptomeigenia elegans

Name

Cryptomeigenia elegans (Wulp, 1890)

Synonym: Hypostena elegans Wulp, 1890

Distribution

North America

  • Mexico

Larvae feed on adult Scarabeidae.

References

  • Wulp, F.M. van der 1890. Family Muscidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology, pp. 186–204 (BHL). Reference page. 
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