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

Tribe Siphonini

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Fly - Siphona Diptera 9.02.09 02 Looking down - Siphona Tachinid ex tortricid witch hazel leafroller - Actia diffidens Unknown Fly - Ceromya Diptera - Siphona fly with orange tints Another little fly—Siphona? - Siphona - female
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
Numbers
44 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1)
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 Canada and n. US(1)
Food
Parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera.
Print References
O'Hara, J. E. 1989. Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 25:1-229.
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
Contributed by v belov on 14 April, 2009 - 10:22am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 28 December, 2013 - 1:56pm

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