Siphona

Siphona
Siphona geniculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Siphonini
Genus:	Siphona Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776
Synonyms
Actinocrocuta Townsend, 1935[1] Asiphona Mesnil, 1954[2] Bucentes Latreille, 1809[3] Phantasiosiphona Townsend, 1915[4] Syphona Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[5]

Siphona is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Aphantorhaphopsis and Ceranthia are sometimes not considered subgenera of Siphona,[14] though some European workers seem to contend that these are genera in their own right.[7][15]

Species

• Actinocrocuta Townsend, 1935[1]

• Siphona singularis (Wiedemann, 1830)[16]

• Aphantorhapha Townsend, 1919[17]

• Siphona arizonica Townsend, 1919[17]
• Siphona atoma Reinhard, 1947[18]

• Aphantorhaphopsis Townsend, 1926[19]

• Siphona alticola (Mesnil, 1953)[20]
• Siphona angustifrons (Malloch, 1930)[21]
• Siphona brunnescens (Villeneuve, 1921)[22]
• Siphona crassulata (Mesnil, 1953)[20]
• Siphona fera Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona laboriosa (Mesnil, 1957)[23]
• Siphona laticornis (Malloch, 1930[21]
• Siphona nigronitens Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona norma (Malloch, 1929)[24]
• Siphona orientalis (Townsend, 1926)[19]
• Siphona perispoliata (Mesnil, 1953)[20]
• Siphona picturata (Mesnil, 1977)[25]
• Siphona pudica Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona samarensis (Villeneuve, 1921)[22]
• Siphona selangor (Malloch, 1930[21]
• Siphona selecta (Pandellé, 1894)[26]
• Siphona siphonoides (Strobl, 1898)[27]
• Siphona speciosa Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona starkei Mesnil, 1952[28]
• Siphona verralli (Wainwright, 1928)[29]
• Siphona xanthosoma Mesnil, 1954[2]

• Baeomyia O’Hara, 1984[30]

• Siphona antennata (O’Hara, 1984)[30]
• Siphona hurdi (Reinhard, 1959)[31]
• Siphona sonorensis (O’Hara, 1984)[30]
• Siphona xanthogaster (O’Hara, 1984)[30]

• Ceranthia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[5]

• Siphona abdominalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)[5]
• Siphona angusta Tachi & Sama, 2005[32]
• Siphona flavipes (Coquillett, 1897)[33]
• Siphona impropria Herting, 1987[34]
• Siphona japonica Mesnil, 1963[35]
• Siphona jocosa (Villeneuve, 1942)
• Siphona lacrymans Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona lichtwardtiana (Villeneuve, 1931)[36]
• Siphona livoricolor Mesnil, 1977
• Siphona nigra Tachi & Sama, 2005[32]
• Siphona pallida Herting, 1959[37]
• Siphona plorans Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona scutellata Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona setigera Tachi & Sama, 2005[32]
• Siphona sulfurea Mesnil, 1971
• Siphona tenuipalpis (Villeneuve, 1921)[22]
• Siphona terrosa Mesnil, 1954[2]
• Siphona tristella Herting, 1966[38]
• Siphona verneri Andersen, 1996[15]

• Jimimyia Evenhuis, Pont & Whitmore, 20155[39]

• Siphona brasiliensis (Townsend, 1929)[40]
• Siphona conata (Reinhard, 1959)[31]
• Siphona plusiae Coquillett, 1895[41]

• Pseudosiphona Townsend, 1916[42]

• Siphona brevirostris Coquillett, 1897[33]

• Siphona Meigen, 1803[43]

• Siphona abbreviata (Villeneuve, 1915)
• Siphona akidnomyia O'Hara, 1982
• Siphona albocincta (Villeneuve, 1942)
• Siphona amoena (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona amplicornis Mesnil, 1959[45]
• Siphona angusta Mesnil, 1959[45]
• Siphona antennalis (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona atricapilla Mesnil, 1959[45]
• Siphona bevisi Curran, 1941
• Siphona bilineata (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona boreata Mesnil, 1960[46]
• Siphona brunnea O'Hara, 1982
• Siphona capensis Curran, 1941
• Siphona collini Mesnil, 1960[46]
• Siphona confusa Mesnil, 1961[47]
• Siphona cothurnata (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona creberrima (Speiser, 1910)[48]
• Siphona cristata (Fabricius, 1805)[49]
• Siphona cuthbertsoni Curran, 1941
• Siphona efflatouni Mesnil, 1960[46]
• Siphona flavifrons Stæger, 1849[50]
• Siphona floridensis O'Hara, 1982[51]
• Siphona foliacea (Mesnil, 1953)[20]
• Siphona fuliginea Mesnil, 1977[52]
• Siphona futilis Wulp, 1890
• Siphona gedeana Wulp, 1896[53]
• Siphona geniculata (De Geer, 1776)[54]
• Siphona gracilis (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona grandistylum Pandellé, 1894[26]
• Siphona griseola Mesnil, 1970[55]
• Siphona hokkaidensis Mesnil, 1957[23]
• Siphona hungarica Andersen, 1984[56]
• Siphona illinoiensis Townsend, 1891[57]
• Siphona immaculata Andersen, 1996[15]
• Siphona infuscata (Mesnil, 1952)
• Siphona ingerae Andersen, 1982[58]
• Siphona intrudens (Curran, 1932)
• Siphona kairiensis O'Hara, 1983
• Siphona kuscheli (Cortés, 1952)[59]
• Siphona lindneri (Mesnil, 1959)
• Siphona longissima O'Hara, 1982
• Siphona ludicra Mesnil, 1977[52]
• Siphona lurida Reinhard, 1943
• Siphona lutea (Townsend, 1919)[17]
• Siphona macronyx O'Hara, 1982[51]
• Siphona maculata Stæger, 1849[50]
• Siphona maderensis Smit & Zeegers, 2002[60]
• Siphona maroccana Cerretti & Tschorsnig, 2007[61]
• Siphona medialis O'Hara, 1982[51]
• Siphona melania (Bezzi, 1908)[62]
• Siphona melanura Mesnil, 1959[45]
• Siphona multifaria O'Hara, 1982[51]
• Siphona munroi Curran, 1941
• Siphona murina (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona nigricans (Villeneuve, 1930)
• Siphona nigrohalterata Mesnil, 1959[63]
• Siphona nigroseta Curran, 1941
• Siphona nobilis (Mesnil, 1953)[20]
• Siphona nuragica Cerretti & Tschorsnig, 2007[61]
• Siphona obesa (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona obscuripennis Curran, 1941
• Siphona oligomyia O'Hara, 1981
• Siphona pacifica O'Hara, 1982[51]
• Siphona paludosa Mesnil, 1960[46]
• Siphona patellipalpis (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona pauciseta Rondani, 1865[64]
• Siphona phantasma (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona pigra Mesnil, 1977[52]
• Siphona pilistyla Andersen, 1996[15]
• Siphona pisinnia O'Hara, 1982[51]
• Siphona plorans (Mesnil, 1954)[2]
• Siphona pretoriana O'Hara & Cerretti, 2016[11]
• Siphona pseudomaculata Blanchard, 1963
• Siphona reducta (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona rizaba O'Hara, 1982
• Siphona rossica Mesnil, 1961[47]
• Siphona rubrapex Mesnil, 1977[52]
• Siphona rubrica (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona setinerva (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona setosa Mesnil, 1960[46]
• Siphona seyrigi Mesnil, 1960[46]
• Siphona simulans (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona sola Mesnil, 1959[45]
• Siphona spinulosa (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona subarctica Andersen, 1996[15]
• Siphona trichaeta (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona tropica (Townsend, 1915)[4]
• Siphona unispina (Mesnil, 1952)[44]
• Siphona vittata Curran, 1941
• Siphona wittei (Mesnil, 1952)[44]

• Uruactia Townsend, 1927[65]

• Siphona uruhuasi (Townsend, 1927)[65]

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