Biology:Archytas marmoratus
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Short description: Species of fly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Tachininae |
| Tribe: | Tachinini |
| Genus: | Archytas |
| Species: | A. marmoratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Archytas marmoratus (Townsend, 1915)[1]
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Archytas marmoratus, of the marmoratus species group, is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[2] In 1986, it was successfully used in biological control against the fall armyworm. [3]
Distribution
United States, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). "New muscoid flies, mainly Hystriciidae and Pyrrhosiinae from the Andean Montanya. [Concl."]. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 2 [1914]: 183–187. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141394#page/461/mode/1up. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World". http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf.
- ↑ Grenier, S. (1988). "Applied biological control with Tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae): A review". Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde Pflanzenschutz Umweltschutz 61 (3): 49–56. doi:10.1007/BF01906254. ISSN 0340-7330. Bibcode: 1988JPesS..61...49G.
Wikidata ☰ Q14735273 entry
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