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Pachygaster
Sign in to savePachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Stratiomyidae
- Collections
- UMNH, MSU, INDRE-SSA, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, EMEC
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Costa Rica
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Pachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Pachygaster differ from other Pachygastrinae morphologically in that their wings have separate R4 and R5 radial veins, their scutellum lacks a distinct posterior rim, and the hairs on the sides of their mesonotum are not flattened.
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