Siphona singularis

Siphona singularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Tribe:	Siphonini
Genus:	Siphona
Subgenus:	Actinocrocuta
Species:	S. singularis
Binomial name
Siphona singularis (Wiedemann, 1830)[1]
Synonyms[3]
Actinocrocuta chaetosa Townsend, 1935[2] Tachina singularis Wiedemann, 1830[1]

Siphona singularis is a Neotropical species of tachinid flies in the genus Siphona of the family Tachinidae. It is the type species of the Actinocrocuta subgenus within Siphona.[3][4]

Distribution

Siphona singularis is distributed widely in the Neotropical realm. It is recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Manaus and southeastern region) and Trinidad.[3]

References

1. Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
2. Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "New South American Oestroidea (Dipt.)". Revista de Entomologia. 5: 216–233.
3. O'Hara, James E. (1989). "Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Quaestiones Entomologicae. 25: 1–229.
4. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 1 July 2023.