Ceranthia Explained

Ceranthia is a subgenus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} Some consider this to be a subgenus of Siphona, most European workers seem content that this is a genus in its own right.^{[4] [8]}

Species

• Siphona abdominalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^{[1] [2]}
• Siphona angusta Tachi & Sama, 2005^[9]
• Siphona flavipes (Coquillett, 1897)^[10]
• Siphona impropria Herting, 1987^[11]
• Siphona japonica Mesnil, 1963^[12]
• Siphona jocosa (Villeneuve, 1942)^{[1] [2]}
• Siphona lacrymans Mesnil, 1954^[13]
• Siphona lichtwardtiana (Villeneuve, 1931)^[14]
• Siphona livoricolor Mesnil, 1977^[2]
• Siphona nigra Tachi & Sama, 2005^[9]
• Siphona pallida Herting, 1959^[15]
• Siphona plorans Mesnil, 1954^[13]
• Siphona scutellata Mesnil, 1954^[13]
• Siphona setigera Tachi & Sama, 2005^[9]
• Siphona sulfurea Mesnil, 1971^{[1] [2]}
• Siphona tenuipalpis (Villeneuve, 1921)^[16]
• Siphona terrosa Mesnil, 1954^[13]
• Siphona tristella Herting, 1966^[17]
• Siphona verneri Andersen, 1996^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Soós . Á . Papp . L . Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. . 11 Anthomyiidae - Tachinidae . 1993 . Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus. . Budapest . 963-05-3910-1 . 1–624.
2. O'Hara. James E.. 1989. Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae. 25. 1–229.
3. Web site: Fauna Europaea version 2.4 . 26 September 2012 . European Commission . 26 September 2012 .
4. Book: Chandler, Peter J. . 1998 . Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera . . 12 . 1 . 1–234 . 0-901546-82-8 . . London .
5. Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae. Belshaw. Robert. 1993. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4ai . 170.
6. Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae . van Emden. F.I. . 1954. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4a . 133.
7. James E.. O’Hara. Pierfilippo. Cerretti. 2016. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys. 575. 1–344. 10.3897/zookeys.575.6072. 4829880. 27110184. free. 2016ZooK..575....1O .
8. Book: Andersen, Stig . The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe . . 33 . 1996 . Brill . Leiden . 90-04-10731-2 . 1–148.
9. Tachi. T.. Sama. H.. 2005. Revision of the subgenus Ceranthia Robineau-Desvoidy of the genus Siphona Meigen of Japan (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological Science. 8. 2. 189–200. 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00112.x. 85909768.
10. Coquillett. D.W.. Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects. Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture. 1897. 7. 156 . 28 March 2022.
11. Herting . B. . Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Raupenfliegen (Dipt. Tachinidae), XVII . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) . 1987 . 408 . 1–14 . 20 August 2023.
12. Mesnil . L.P. . Nouveaux tachinaires de la Region Palearctique principalement de l'URSS et du Japon . Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique . 1963 . 39 . 23 . 1–56 . 3 July 2023.
13. Mesnil . L.P. . Genres Actia Robineau-Desvoidy et voisins (Diptera Brachycera Calyptratae) . Explor. Parc Natn. Albert Miss G. F. De Witte . 1954 . 81 . 1–41 . 14 August 2023.
14. Villeneuve . J. . Aperçus critiques sur le mémoire de P. Stein: "Die verbreitetsten Tachiniden Mitteleuropas." . Konowia . 1931 . 10 . 47–74.
15. Herting . B. . Revision einiger europäischer Raupenfliegen (Dipt., Tachinidae) . Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien . 1959 . 63 . 423–429.
16. Villeneuve . J. . Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles du genre Actia Rob. Desv. . Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique . 1921 . 61 . 45–47 . 14 August 2023.
17. Herting . B. . Beiträge zur Kenntnis der europäischen Raupenfliegen (Dipt. Tachinidae). IX . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde . 1966 . 146 . 1–12 . 21 April 2022.