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Belvosia borealis

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Belvosia borealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Goniini
Genus: Belvosia
Species:
B. borealis
Binomial name
Belvosia borealis
Synonyms
  • Belvosia orion Brimley, 1928[2]

Belvosia borealis is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[3] It is a parasitoid of moths from the Ceratomia genus.[4]

Distribution

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Canada, United States.

References

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  1. ^ Aldrich, J.M. (1928). "A revision of the American parasitic flies belonging to the genus Belvosia" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 73(8) (2729): 45pp. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ Brimley, C.S. (1928). "Some new wasps (Hymenoptera) and two new Diptera from North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 43: 199–206.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Stireman, J. O. (3 February 2005). "The evolution of generalization? Parasitoid flies and the perils of inferring host range evolution from phylogenies: Evolution of generalization?". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18 (2): 325–336. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00850.x.