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Hedgehog Flies
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Hedgehog Flies

Dejeania

Adejeania is a genus of tachinid flies from the Americas. While most species are found in South America, A. vexatrix occurs from Mexico up to British Columbia. The genus name is an alteration of Dejeania, meaning "not Dejeania". Other tachinid genera from the same root are Eudejeania, Paradejeania and Protodejeania.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bloated Hedgehog Fly

speciesDejeania bombylans

Magic Hedgehog Fly

speciesDejeania hecate

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 468239.