any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
adjective
2.
describing an insect of the family Tachinidae
Examples of 'tachinid' in a sentence
tachinid
These aspects are far less known in tachinid parasitoids than in hymenopteran parasitoids.
Maria Luisa Dindo, Satoshi Nakamura 2018, 'Oviposition Strategies of Tachinid Parasitoids: Two Species as Case Studies', International Journal of Insect Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1179543318757491. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
During the year 2013 over fifty tachinid flies were reared.
Stanković, S.S., Žikić, V., Hric, B., Tschorsnig, H.P. 2014, 'Several records of Tachinidae (Diptera) reared from their hosts in Serbia and Montenegro',Biologica Nyssanahttp://journal.pmf.ni.ac.rs/bionys/index.php/bionys/article/view/48/38. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tachinid flies are natural enemies of many lepidopteran and coleopteran pests of forests, crops, and fruit trees.
Zhe Zhao, Tian-Juan Su, Douglas Chesters, Shi-di Wang, Simon Y W Ho, Chao-Dong Zhu,Xiao-Lin Chen, Chun-Tian Zhang 2013, 'The mitochondrial genome of Elodia flavipalpis Aldrich (Diptera: Tachinidae) and theevolutionary timescale of Tachinid flies.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3634017?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A total of 72 tachinid species belonging to 42 genera, 15 tribes, and 4 subfamilies has been treated.
Magdi S. El-Hawagry 2018, 'Catalogue of the Tachinidae of Egypt (Diptera: Oestroidea)', Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Controlhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41938-018-0042-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)