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Trichopoda pennipes (Tachina fly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Trichopoda pennipes is a fly in the family Tachinidae. The larvae are parasitoids of several true bugs, particularly squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae and stinkbugs in the family Pentatomidae and it is used as a biological control agent for these agricultural pests. It is native to North and South America and has been introduced into southern Europe.
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Predators

Peucetia viridans (Green lynx spider)[1]

Providers

Parasite of 
Acanthocephala femorata (Florida leaf-footed bug)[2]
Euschistus servus (Brown stink bug)[2]
Euschistus variolarius (onespotted stink bug)[2]
Nezara viridula (Southern green stink bug)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

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♦ 1PREY RECORDS OF THE GREEN LYNX SPIDER, PEUCETIA VIRIDANS (HENTZ) (ARANEAE, OXYOPIDAE ), John B. Randall, J. Arachnol., 10 :19-22. (1982)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0