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Genus Ceromya

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Siphonini
Genus Ceromya
Explanation of Names
Ceromya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Separation from Actia is difficult, but species related to Ceromya americana can be distinguished from other Siphonini by bristles on the basal section of vein CuA1 (before bm-cu).
Range
worldwide(2); widespread in NA, most are rather northern(1)
Remarks
Phylogenetically nested within Siphona along with Peribaea spp. in Stireman III, J. O., Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J. E., Blaschke, J. D., and Moulton, J. K. 2019. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 139(106358): 1-19.
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