Epigrimyia polita is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[2] It is a parasitoid of adult Galgupha ovalis bugs.[3]

Epigrimyia polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Dexiinae
Tribe: Epigrimyiini
Genus: Epigrimyia
Species:
E. polita
Binomial name
Epigrimyia polita

Distribution

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United States

References

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  1. ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1891). "Notes on North American Tachinidae sens. str. with descriptions of new genera and species. Paper II". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 18: 349–382. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ Biehler, J. A.; Mcpherson, J. E. (15 July 1982). "Life History and Laboratory Rearing of Galgupha ovalis (Hemiptera: Corimelaenidae), with Descriptions of Immature Stages1". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 75 (4): 465–470. doi:10.1093/aesa/75.4.465.