Rutilia

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{About|the genus of flies|a Roman gens|Rutilia gens}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rutilia sp ACT Australia 8-JAN-2012.JPG

| image_caption = Rutilia vivipara (?)

| taxon = Rutilia

| authority = Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830{{cite journal |last1=Robineau-Desvoidy |first1=André Jean Baptiste |title=Essai sur les myodaires |journal=Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique |date=1830 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=1–813 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3472165#page/9/mode/1up |accessdate=15 July 2018}}

| display_parents = 3

| type_species = Rutilia vivipara

| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1805{{cite book |last1=Fabricius |first1=Johann Christian |title=Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species |date=1805 |publisher=Apud Carolum Reichard |location=Bransvigae |pages=i-xiv, 1–373| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53432#page/9/mode/1up |accessdate=5 June 2020}}

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Rutilia is a large genus of medium to large (>20mm) flies in the family Tachinidae native to Australia and the Oriental region, though notably absent from New Zealand.O'Hara, J.E. 2011. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 6.0. PDF document, 75 pp. Available from: http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver6.pdf{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (accessed [8-JAN-2012]).{{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=27 January 2024 |date=5 March 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Crosskey |first1=Roger Ward |title=A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues |journal=Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement |date=1973 |volume=21 |pages=1–221 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40875216#page/3/mode/1up |access-date=14 March 2022 |location=London|doi=10.5962/p.193226 }} Like the vast majority of tachinid flies, Rutilia species are parasitoids of other insects, specifically Rutilia are known to be parasitoids of late instar larvae of scarab beetles.

Subgenera and species

Rutilia is a large genus comprising seven subgenera.

References