Genus Ormia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Ormiini

Genus Ormia

Explanation of Names

Ormia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Numbers

8 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area(1)

Range

New World(2); in our area, mostly southern, but 2 spp. are widely distributed in the east(1)

Food

hosts: Pyralidae (Lepidoptera), various Orthoptera(1)

Remarks

Female hosts are also parasitized, at least for O. ochracea on Gryllus firmus and G. rubens. Infection rates were also the same. It's possible that they lay eggs near singing males but not necessarily directly on them, the planidia-like larvae entering both male and female hosts (Walker, T. J. and Wineriter, S. A. 1991. Florida Entomogist 74(4): 554-559).

Internet References

Genus page(1)

images of 7 spp.(3)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

2.	O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by v belov on 13 April, 2009 - 2:17pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ben Coulter, Robert Lord Zimlich, Arturo Santos
Last updated 8 March, 2022 - 12:00am

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