Tachinidae - Manual of Nearctic Diptera

by D. Monty Wood

Offered here is a PDF of my chapter on the Tachinidae in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 2 (1987). This chapter reviews the morphology, biology, hosts, behavior, classification, and distribution of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. An illustrated key to the tachinid genera of the region is provided, with many taxonomic and nomenclatural changes to the family included in footnotes. The citation for this publication is:

Wood. 1987. Chapter 110. Tachinidae. Pp. 1193-1269 in McAlpine, J.F., Peterson, B.V., Shewell, G.E., Teskey, H.J., Vockeroth, J.R. and D.M. Wood (eds.), Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Volume 2. Agriculture Canada Monograph 28: i-vi, 675-1332.

View PDF of Tachinidae chapter (6.9MB)

The Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 2 (1987), is out of print at the current time (October 2006).

The taxonomic and nomenclatural changes proposed in the Tachinidae chapter of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 2, are reviewed in this paper:

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 1998. Tachinidae (Diptera): nomenclatural review and changes, primarily for America north of Mexico. Canadian Entomologist 130: 751-774.

First published on the Internet on 7 October 2006
J.E. O'Hara