Cylindromyia is a genus of flies in the Tachinidae family.
Tachinidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Eriothrix
Species: E. rufomaculata
Exorista is a genus of Tachinidae flies, some of the members of which are parasites of Symphyta and Lepidoptera larvae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Tachina
Species: T. fera
This the second largest family of flies with 8,200 species. All are parasitoids (the larvae develop inside a living host, ultimately killing it), and a few that are parasitic (do not kill the host).
