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Trichopoda sp.

Trichopoda sp.


Family: Tachinidae
Order: Diptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Trichopoda is a genus of tachinid flies, commonly known as the feather-legged flies or hairy-legged flies. They are small, brightly coloured flies that congregate on flowers, feeding on nectar. The halteres are covered with yellow scales and there is a fringe of flattened hairs on the hind legs. The larvae are parasitoids of true bugs in the order Hemiptera, including stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae and leaf-footed bugs and squash bugs in the family Coreidae. They are found in North and South America.

Species: 
  • Subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908
:*Trichopoda auricauda Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda castannea Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda curvicercus Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda dupuisi Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda elongata Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda eupilipes Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda flava Röder, 1885
:*Trichopoda goliana Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda lanipes (Fabricius, 1805)
:*Trichopoda nigricauda Bigot, 1876
:*Trichopoda pennipes Fabricius, 1781
:*Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876
:*Trichopoda pilipes (Fabricius, 1805)
:*Trichopoda splendida Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda subalipes Townsend, 1897
:*Trichopoda tenebrosa Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda tschorsnigi Dios & Nihei, 2020
:*Trichopoda umbra Walker, 1849
:*Trichopoda urucurytuba Dios & Nihei, 2020
  • Subgenus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827
:*Trichopoda alipes Wulp, 1892
:*Trichopoda indivisa Townsend, 1897
:*Trichopoda plumipes (Fabricius, 1805)
:*Trichopoda squamipes Wulp, 1892
:*Trichopoda subdivisa (Townsend, 1908)
:*Trichopoda sabroskyi Dios & Nihei, 2020

Source: Wikipedia, article Trichopoda sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245014216/02/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Unzue - Jardin de MariposasGustavo Puente
218120727/10/2024ArgentinaTucumánEl Corte, Yerba BuenaViviana Fuentes
195479720/01/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente LópezEduardo Nadal
155985513/03/2022ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Lago LuganoEduardo Nadal
132198002/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Diego Alfonso Rosa
148662126/10/2020ArgentinaLa RiojaAlunail@ndsRamón Vera
90396802/04/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Municipal Santa Catalina (Lomas de Zamora)2Mariano Kildegaard
92768230/03/2019ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresFacultad de Ciencias Veterinarias., AgronomíaGuillermo C Olivero
89640114/03/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Lagunas de San Vicente (laguna el Ojo), San Vicente1Mariano Kildegaard
66804314/03/2017ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáClaudio Mendez
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Trichopoda sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.