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Exorista sagax (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Exorista sagax (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
Name authority
(Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tachinidae
Genus
Exorista
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderDiptera
  7. familyTachinidae
  8. subfamilyExoristinae
  9. tribeExoristini
  10. genusExorista Meigen, 1803
  11. speciesExorista sagax (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Exorista. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Exorista antennalis Chao, 1964TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista argenteostriata (Baranov, 1938)TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista arvorum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista audax (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista aureifrons (Baranov, 1936)TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista aureisquamosa (Baranov, 1938)TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista aurichalcea (Baranov, 1936)TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista basalis Meigen, 1838TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista (Ptilotachina) belanovskii Richter, 1970TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista bisetosa Mesnil, 1940TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista brevihirta Liang & Chao, 1992TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Exorista caerulescens Macquart, 1850TachinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Zelleria sagax Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1863) Histoire naturelle des diptères des environs de Paris. Tome second. Masson et Fils, Paris. 920 pp. [1863.01.11].Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3DPZD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.