Tribe Siphonini

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Unknown Tachinidae with very long proboscis - Siphona

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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