Aphantorhaphopsis

Aphantorhaphopsis
Siphona siphonoides
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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]

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  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2190: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1.
  10. ^ 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.