Loewia foeda

Loewia foeda is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[1][2][3][4] It was first found in North America in 1972. The species is a parasitoid of centipedes. [5]

Loewia foeda
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Loewia
Species:
L. foeda
Binomial name
Loewia foeda
(Meigen, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Tachina foeda Meigen, 1824
  • Loewia brevifrons Meade, 1892

References
  1. "Fauna Europaea version 2.4". European Commission. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
  4. van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4a): 133.
  5. Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects : their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America (Second ed.). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd. p. 486. ISBN 9781770859623.


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