Aphantorhaphopsis

Aphantorhaphopsis
Siphona siphonoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Tribe:	Siphonini
Genus:	Siphona
Subgenus:	Aphantorhaphopsis Townsend, 1926[1]
Type species
Siphona (Aphantorhaphopsis) orientalis Townsend, 1926[1]
Synonyms[2]
Asiphona Mesnil, 1954[3]

Aphantorhaphopsis is a subgenus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Some consider this to be a subgenus of Siphona, most European workers seem content that this is a genus in its own right.[4][7] They are known from the Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions.[2][10]

Species

• Siphona alticola (Mesnil, 1953)[11]
• Siphona angustifrons (Malloch, 1930)[12]
• Siphona brunnescens (Villeneuve, 1921)[13]
• Siphona crassulata (Mesnil, 1953)[11]
• Siphona fera Mesnil, 1954[3]
• Siphona laboriosa (Mesnil, 1957)[14]
• Siphona laticornis (Malloch, 1930[12]
• Siphona nigronitens Mesnil, 1954[3]
• Siphona norma (Malloch, 1929)[15]
• Siphona orientalis (Townsend, 1926)[1]
• Siphona perispoliata (Mesnil, 1953)[11]
• Siphona picturata (Mesnil, 1977)[16]
• Siphona pudica Mesnil, 1954[3]
• Siphona samarensis (Villeneuve, 1921)[13]
• Siphona selangor (Malloch, 1930[12]
• Siphona selecta (Pandellé, 1894)[17]
• Siphona siphonoides (Strobl, 1898)[18]
• Siphona speciosa Mesnil, 1954[3]
• Siphona starkei Mesnil, 1952[19]
• Siphona verralli (Wainwright, 1928)[20]
• Siphona xanthosoma Mesnil, 1954[3]

References

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1926). "Fauna sumatrensis. (Beitrag No. 25). Diptera Muscoidea II". Supplementa Entomologica. 14: 14–42.
2. O'Hara, James E. (1989). "Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Quaestiones Entomologicae. 25: 1–229.
3. Mesnil, L.P. (1954). "Genres Actia Robineau-Desvoidy et voisins (Diptera Brachycera Calyptratae)" (PDF). Explor. Parc Natn. Albert Miss G. F. De Witte. 81: 1–41. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
4. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
5. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 (4ai). Royal Entomological Society of London: 170.
6. van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 (4a). Royal Entomological Society of London: 133.
7. Andersen, Stig (1996). The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 33. Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–148. ISBN 90-04-10731-2.
8. O’Hara, James E.; Cerretti, Pierfilippo (2016). "Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera". ZooKeys (575): 1–344. Bibcode:2016ZooK..575....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.575.6072. PMC 4829880. PMID 27110184.
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11. Mesnil, L.P. (1953). "Nouveaux tachinaires d'Orient (1e partie)". Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 89: 85–114.
12. Malloch, J.R. (1930). "Diptera Calyptratae of the Federated Malay States. (Third Paper.)". Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums. 16: 119–153.
13. Villeneuve, J. (1921). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles du genre Actia Rob. Desv". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 61: 45–47. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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15. Malloch, J.R. (1929). "Notes on Australian Diptera. No. xix". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 54: 107–117. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
16. Mesnil, L.P. (1977). "Nouveaux tachinaires de Madagascar (Dipt. Tachinidae) – 5e partie". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 50: 177–187.
17. Pandellé, Louis (1894). "Études sur les Muscides de France. IIe partie (suite)". Revue d'entomologie. 13: 1–113.
18. Strobl, P.G. (1898). "Die Dipteren von Steiermark. IV Theil". Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark. 34 [1897]: 192–298. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
19. Mesnil, L.P. (1952). "Notes détachées sur quelques tachinaires paléarctiques". Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 88: 149–158.
20. Wainwright, C.J. (1928). "The British Tachinidae". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 76: 139–254 + pls. IX–X. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1928.tb01197.x.