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Subfamily Tachininae

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Ormiini » Ormia » Ormia lineifrons

Auditory Parasitoid Flies Exploiting Acoustic Communication of Insects

By Berthold Hedwig and Daniel Robert
SpringerLink, 2013

This is chapter 4 in Insect Hearing and Acoustic Communication. Animal Signals and Communication and includes the following sections:

Parasitic Hearing Flies and Hosts
- Host Selection and Communication Signals
- Impact of Parasitic Flies on Host Communication Systems
Host Targeting Behaviour
The Ears of Parasitoid Flies
- Auditory Morphology and Comparison Between Species
- Biomechanics of the Dipteran Tympanal Ears
Organisation of the Auditory Pathway and Auditory Processing
- Auditory Afferents
- Structure and Response Properties of Auditory Interneurons
- Sensory-Motor Integration

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Contributed by Dvori Feldman on 30 October, 2021 - 3:37pm

Taxonomy and host relations of the tribe Ormiini in the Western Hemisphere (Diptera, Larvaevoridae)

By Sabrosky C.W.
Entomological Society of Washington, 1953

Includes a detailed description of Ormia lineifrons male and female, p.175-176.

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Contributed by Dvori Feldman on 30 October, 2021 - 3:20pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Leskiini » Clausicella

A review of the tachinid genera Siphophyto and Coronimyia (Diptera).

By Reinhard, H. J.
Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 48: 79-92, 1946

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 26 January, 2019 - 4:17pm

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

Revision of Nearctic species of Ceromya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae)

By O’Hara, J.E.
The Canadian Entomologist 126: 775–806., 1994

https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent126775-3

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 11 April, 2025 - 5:53pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Megaprosopini » Microphthalma

American two-winged flies of the genus Microphthalma Macquart, with notes on related forms

By Aldrich J.M.
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 69: 1-8 (1926), 1927

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Contributed by v belov on 23 February, 2015 - 12:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Tachinini » Pararchytas

A revision of the genus Pararchytas Brauer and Bergenstamm (Diptera: Tachinidae)

By Woodley N.E.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 100: 409-420, 1998

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Contributed by v belov on 23 February, 2015 - 5:30pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Tachininae » Minthoini » Paradidyma

American Muscoid Flies of the Genera Ceratomyiella and Paradidyma

By Reinhard, H.J.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 83 (2973): 9-43, 1934

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 26 October, 2018 - 12:11am

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

Classification, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the North American species of Siphona Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae)

By O'Hara J.E.
Quaestiones Entomologicae 18: 261-380, 1982

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Contributed by v belov on 23 February, 2015 - 5:54pm

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