Biology:Exorista sorbillans
| Exorista sorbillans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
| Tribe: | Exoristini |
| Genus: | Exorista |
| Species: | E. sorbillans
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| Binomial name | |
| Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann, 1830)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
Exorista sorbillans, the uzi fly, is a species of bristly fly in the family Tachinidae that is a parasitoid of caterpillars and is a problem for silkworm rearing in tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia.[3][4]
The species found in India, Exorista bombycis is sometimes synonymised with this species, but is distinct from specimens obtained from the type locality, the Canary Islands.[5]
Distribution
Tajikistan, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine , Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Spain , Turkey, Austria, France , Japan , South Korea , Iran, Israel, Mongolia, Canary Islands, Egypt, Russia , Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, China , India , Japan , Taiwan, Australia , Lord Howe Island, Papua New Guinea.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. 2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88495#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Louis, J.A.H. (1880). A few words on the present state and future prospects of sericiculture in Bengal. London: Civil Service Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 31 pp.
- ↑ Chatterjee SN; T. Taraphdar; T. P. Mohandas (2005). "Molecular Analysis of Divergence in Tachinid Uzi (Exorista Sorbillans) Populations in India". Genetica 125 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-6192-0. PMID 16175450.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Narayanaswamy, T.K.; Govindan, R. (2000). "Mulberry silkworm ujifly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae)". Integrated Pest Management Reviews 5 (4): 231. doi:10.1023/A:1012982030848.
Wikidata ☰ Q7905042 entry
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