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Tachinidae

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Tachinidae
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Tachinidae is a family of flies. There are over 8,200 species in this family. There are about 1,300 in North America. These flies are commonly known as tachina flies or tachinids.

They are found in almost all habitats all over the world. There are Neotropical, Nearctic, Afrotropical,[1] Palaearctic, Oriental, Australasian and Oceanic species.

References

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  1. "Barraclough, D.A. 1996. Montanothalma natalensis, a new high altitude genus and species of Microphthalmini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) from the Natal Drakensberg of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 123-129". Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2010-01-06.