Clemelis pullata

{{short description|Species of fly}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Clemelis

| species = pullata

| authority = (Meigen, 1824){{cite journal|last1=Meigen|first1=J. W.|title=Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten.|journal=Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.|date=1824|pages=xii + 428 pp|url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45862#page/9/mode/1up|accessdate=9 May 2020}}

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms = *Tachina pullata Meigen, 1824

• Clemelis aurea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863{{cite book |last= Robineau-Desvoidy|first= Jean-Baptiste |date= 1863 |title= Histoire naturelle des dipteres des environs de Paris. |url= https://archive.org/download/histoirenaturell02robi/histoirenaturell02robi.pdf|publisher= Masson et Fils, Paris.|volume= Tome second|pages= 1–920 |access-date=15 February 2015}}
• Clemelis oblimata Mesnil, 1954{{cite journal |last1=Mesnil |first1=L.P. |title=64g. Larvaevorinae (Tachininae). In: Lindner, E. (ed.) |journal=Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region |date=1954 |volume=10 |pages=305–368|issue=Lfg. 175}}
• Phorocera aurulenta Perris, 1852{{cite journal |last1=Perris |first1=E. |title=Seconde excursion dans les Grandes-Landes |journal=Annales de la Société linnéenne |date=1852 |volume=1850/1852 |pages=145–216 |url=https://www.persee.fr/docAsPDF/linly_1160-6398_1852_num_8_1_3567.pdf |access-date=2 June 2022}}
• Phorocera lata Perris, 1852
• Phorocera polleniella Rondani, 1859{{cite book |last1=Rondani |first1=C. |title=Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol: III. Species Italicae ... Pars secunda. Muscidae Siphoninae et (partim) Tachininae. |date=1859 |publisher=A. Stocchi |location=Parmae [= Parma] |pages=243 + [1] pp |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34111#page/9/mode/1up |access-date=6 December 2020}}
• Tachina dalecarlica Zetterstedt, 1859{{cite book |last1=Zetterstedt |first1=J.W. |title=Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descipta. Tomus tridecimus seu supplementum quartum, continens addenda, corrigenda & emendata tomis duodecim prioribus, una cum cospectu omnium generum |date=1859 |publisher=Officina Lundbergiana |location=Lundae [= Lund.] |pages=xvi+ 4943-6190}}
• Tachina mundula Zetterstedt, 1844{{cite journal |last1=Zetterstedt |first1=J.W. |title=Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta |journal=Tomus Tertius |date=1844 |volume=Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund.] |pages=895–1280}}
• Tachina vibrissata Zetterstedt, 1838{{cite book |last1=Zetterstedt |first1=J.W. |title=Sectio tertia. Diptera. Dipterologis Scandinaviae, pp. 477-868. In his: Insecta Lapponica. |date=1838 |location=Lipsiae [= Leipzig] |pages=vi + 1,140 pp}}
• Tritochaeta prosopoides Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889{{cite journal |last1=Brauer |first1=F. |last2=Bergenstamm |first2=J.E. von |title=Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae) |journal=Pars I. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien |date=1889 |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=69–180, 11 pls|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7109187#page/115/mode/1up |access-date=8 June 2023}}
• Zenillia ciligera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830{{cite journal |last1=Robineau-Desvoidy |first1=J.B. |title=Essai sur les myodaires |journal=Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques) |date=1830 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=1–813 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3472165#page/9/mode/1up |access-date=7 January 2022}}
• Zenillia lubrica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863

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Clemelis pullata is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=5 March 2020}}{{cite book | last = Chandler | first = Peter J. | year = 1998 | title = Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera | series = Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–234 | isbn = 0-901546-82-8 | publisher = Royal Entomological Society of London | location = London }}{{cite journal | last1 = O'Hara | first1 = James E. | last2 = Shima | first2 = Hiroshi | last3 = Zhang |first3 = Chuntian | year = 2009 | title = Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2190 | pages = 1–236 | location = Auckland, New Zealand | publisher = Magnolia Press | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1 | issn = 1175-5334 | accessdate = 2011-02-24 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02190p236.pdf }} This family consists of dipteran tachina flies, which are protelean parasitoids of arthropods.

This species (previously called Zenillia pullata) is said to have the world's smallest insect eggs, with dimensions of 0.027 by 0.02 mm (about 8 nanograms).{{cite book | author=Varsovia E. Cevallos | title= Book of Insect Records Chapter 7: Smallest Eggs | publisher= University of Florida | date=May 1, 1994 | url=http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/ufbir/chapters/chapter_07.shtml}}