Siphona Explained

Siphona is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Aphantorhaphopsis and Ceranthia are sometimes not considered subgenera of Siphona,^[9] though some European workers seem to contend that these are genera in their own right.^{[2] [10]}

Species

• Actinocrocuta Townsend, 1935^[11]

• Siphona singularis (Wiedemann, 1830)^[12]
• Aphantorhapha Townsend, 1919^[13]

• Siphona arizonica Townsend, 1919^[13]

• Siphona atoma Reinhard, 1947^[14]
• Aphantorhaphopsis Townsend, 1926^[15]

• Siphona alticola (Mesnil, 1953)^[16]

• Siphona angustifrons (Malloch, 1930)^[17]

• Siphona brunnescens (Villeneuve, 1921)^[18]

• Siphona crassulata (Mesnil, 1953)^[16]

• Siphona fera Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona laboriosa (Mesnil, 1957)^[19]

• Siphona laticornis (Malloch, 1930^[17]

• Siphona nigronitens Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona norma (Malloch, 1929)^[20]

• Siphona orientalis (Townsend, 1926)^[15]

• Siphona perispoliata (Mesnil, 1953)^[16]

• Siphona picturata (Mesnil, 1977)^[21]

• Siphona pudica Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona samarensis (Villeneuve, 1921)^[18]

• Siphona selangor (Malloch, 1930^[17]

• Siphona selecta (Pandellé, 1894)^[22]

• Siphona siphonoides (Strobl, 1898)^[23]

• Siphona speciosa Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona starkei Mesnil, 1952^[24]

• Siphona verralli (Wainwright, 1928)^[25]

• Siphona xanthosoma Mesnil, 1954
• Baeomyia O’Hara, 1984^[26]

• Siphona antennata (O’Hara, 1984)^[26]

• Siphona hurdi (Reinhard, 1959)^[27]

• Siphona sonorensis (O’Hara, 1984)^[26]

• Siphona xanthogaster (O’Hara, 1984)^[26]
• Ceranthia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

• Siphona abdominalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

• Siphona angusta Tachi & Sama, 2005^[28]

• Siphona flavipes (Coquillett, 1897)^[29]

• Siphona impropria Herting, 1987^[30]

• Siphona japonica Mesnil, 1963^[31]

• Siphona jocosa (Villeneuve, 1942)

• Siphona lacrymans Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona lichtwardtiana (Villeneuve, 1931)^[32]

• Siphona livoricolor Mesnil, 1977

• Siphona nigra Tachi & Sama, 2005^[28]

• Siphona pallida Herting, 1959^[33]

• Siphona plorans Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona scutellata Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona setigera Tachi & Sama, 2005^[28]

• Siphona sulfurea Mesnil, 1971

• Siphona tenuipalpis (Villeneuve, 1921)^[18]

• Siphona terrosa Mesnil, 1954

• Siphona tristella Herting, 1966^[34]

• Siphona verneri Andersen, 1996^[10]
• Jimimyia Evenhuis, Pont & Whitmore, 20155^[35]

• Siphona brasiliensis (Townsend, 1929)^[36]

• Siphona conata (Reinhard, 1959)^[27]

• Siphona plusiae Coquillett, 1895^[37]
• Pseudosiphona Townsend, 1916^[38]

• Siphona brevirostris Coquillett, 1897^[29]
• Siphona Meigen, 1803^[39]

• Siphona abbreviata (Villeneuve, 1915)

• Siphona akidnomyia O'Hara, 1982

• Siphona albocincta (Villeneuve, 1942)

• Siphona amoena (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona amplicornis Mesnil, 1959^[41]

• Siphona angusta Mesnil, 1959^[41]

• Siphona antennalis (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona atricapilla Mesnil, 1959^[41]

• Siphona bevisi Curran, 1941

• Siphona bilineata (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona boreata Mesnil, 1960^[42]

• Siphona brunnea O'Hara, 1982

• Siphona capensis Curran, 1941

• Siphona collini Mesnil, 1960^[42]

• Siphona confusa Mesnil, 1961^[43]

• Siphona cothurnata (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona creberrima (Speiser, 1910)^[44]

• Siphona cristata (Fabricius, 1805)^[45]

• Siphona cuthbertsoni Curran, 1941

• Siphona efflatouni Mesnil, 1960^[42]

• Siphona flavifrons Stæger, 1849^[46]

• Siphona floridensis O'Hara, 1982^[47]

• Siphona foliacea (Mesnil, 1953)^[16]

• Siphona fuliginea Mesnil, 1977^[48]

• Siphona futilis Wulp, 1890

• Siphona gedeana Wulp, 1896^[49]

• Siphona geniculata (De Geer, 1776)^[50]

• Siphona gracilis (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona grandistylum Pandellé, 1894^[22]

• Siphona griseola Mesnil, 1970^[51]

• Siphona hokkaidensis Mesnil, 1957^[19]

• Siphona hungarica Andersen, 1984^[52]

• Siphona illinoiensis Townsend, 1891^[53]

• Siphona immaculata Andersen, 1996^[10]

• Siphona infuscata (Mesnil, 1952)

• Siphona ingerae Andersen, 1982^[54]

• Siphona intrudens (Curran, 1932)

• Siphona kairiensis O'Hara, 1983

• Siphona kuscheli (Cortés, 1952)^[55]

• Siphona lindneri (Mesnil, 1959)

• Siphona longissima O'Hara, 1982

• Siphona ludicra Mesnil, 1977^[48]

• Siphona lurida Reinhard, 1943

• Siphona lutea (Townsend, 1919)^[13]

• Siphona macronyx O'Hara, 1982^[47]

• Siphona maculata Stæger, 1849^[46]

• Siphona maderensis Smit & Zeegers, 2002^[56]

• Siphona maroccana Cerretti & Tschorsnig, 2007^[57]

• Siphona medialis O'Hara, 1982^[47]

• Siphona melania (Bezzi, 1908)^[58]

• Siphona melanura Mesnil, 1959^[41]

• Siphona multifaria O'Hara, 1982^[47]

• Siphona munroi Curran, 1941

• Siphona murina (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona nigricans (Villeneuve, 1930)

• Siphona nigrohalterata Mesnil, 1959^[59]

• Siphona nigroseta Curran, 1941

• Siphona nobilis (Mesnil, 1953)^[16]

• Siphona nuragica Cerretti & Tschorsnig, 2007^[57]

• Siphona obesa (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona obscuripennis Curran, 1941

• Siphona oligomyia O'Hara, 1981

• Siphona pacifica O'Hara, 1982^[47]

• Siphona paludosa Mesnil, 1960^[42]

• Siphona patellipalpis (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona pauciseta Rondani, 1865^[60]

• Siphona phantasma (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona pigra Mesnil, 1977^[48]

• Siphona pilistyla Andersen, 1996^[10]

• Siphona pisinnia O'Hara, 1982^[47]

• Siphona plorans (Mesnil, 1954)

• Siphona pretoriana O'Hara & Cerretti, 2016^[6]

• Siphona pseudomaculata Blanchard, 1963

• Siphona reducta (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona rizaba O'Hara, 1982

• Siphona rossica Mesnil, 1961^[43]

• Siphona rubrapex Mesnil, 1977^[48]

• Siphona rubrica (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona setinerva (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona setosa Mesnil, 1960^[42]

• Siphona seyrigi Mesnil, 1960^[42]

• Siphona simulans (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona sola Mesnil, 1959^[41]

• Siphona spinulosa (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona subarctica Andersen, 1996^[10]

• Siphona trichaeta (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona tropica (Townsend, 1915)

• Siphona unispina (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]

• Siphona vittata Curran, 1941

• Siphona wittei (Mesnil, 1952)^[40]
• Uruactia Townsend, 1927^[61]

• Siphona uruhuasi (Townsend, 1927)^[61]

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