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Ophirion

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Ophirion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Blondeliini
Genus: Ophirion
Townsend, 1911[1]
Type species
Ophirion mirabile
Synonyms
  • Eutrapelus Reinhard, 1974
  • Ophirionopsis Townsend, 1927[2]
  • Opsoleskia Townsend, 1919[3]
  • Oxyophirion Townsend, 1927[2]
  • Telothyriosoma Townsend, 1919[3]

Ophirion is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.[4][5] This species is a parasitoid of Polybia wasps. [6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Townsend, C.H.T. (1911). "Announcement of further results secured in the study of muscoid flies". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 4 (2): 127–152. doi:10.1093/aesa/4.2.127. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). "Synopse dos generos muscideos da região humida tropical da America, com generos e especies novas". Revista do Museu Paulista. 15: 203–385 + 4 pls. + [4 (errata).
  3. ^ a b c d Townsend, C.H.T. (1919). "New genera and species of muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2301): 541–592. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Annotated Catalog of Vespid Hosts (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Tachinidae (Diptera), with Description of a New Species of Ophirion Townsend from Brazil". Zoological Studies. (62). doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-06.
  7. ^ Curran, C.H. (1937). "Two new Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Polybia species (Hymenoptera)". American Museum Novitates (923): 1–4.