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]
| Archytas marmoratus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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Distribution
editUnited 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
edit- ^ a b Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). "New muscoid flies, mainly Hystriciidae and Pyrrhosiinae from the Andean Montanya. [Concl.]". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 2 [1914]: 183–187. 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" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
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