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Protohystricia

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Protohystricia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Their larvae are deposited next to the burrows of porina moth caterpillars, which they will locate and parasitise.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyTachinidae

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Protohystricia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Their larvae are deposited next to the burrows of porina moth caterpillars, which they will locate and parasitise.

==Species== Protohystricia alcis (Walker, 1849) Protohystricia gourlayi (Tonnoir, 1935) Protohystricia huttoni Malloch, 1930 Protohystricia orientalis (Schiner, 1868)

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