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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Siphonini

Tribe Siphonini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Fly - Siphona Tachinid Fly - Siphona Small Fly - Siphona fly with orange tints - Siphona Tachinidae, ex Dichomeris, dorsal - Actia Unknown Tachinidae with very long proboscis - Siphona Unknown Tachinidae with very long proboscis - Siphona Diptera. Tachinidae. - Siphona
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
Explanation of Names
Siphonini Rondani 1844
Numbers
44 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), >370 spp. in 12 genera total(2)
Size
Typically 3‒5 mm
Identification
Distal part of vein M bent gradually at about 45 degree angle (less than usual in family), subapical scutellar bristles distinctly convergent and usually crossed (vs. parallel or slightly convergent in Leskiini).
Range
most of NA, much more diverse in the north(1)
Food
Parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera.
Print References
O'Hara J.E. (1989) Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaest. Entomol. 25: 1‒229.
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 2
O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J., Wood D.M. 2020. 1039 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 14 April, 2009 - 10:22am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 11:38pm

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