Siphoactia

Siphoactia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There are at least two described species in Siphoactia.[1][2]

Siphoactia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Siphoactia
Townsend, 1927

Species

These two species belong to the genus Siphoactia:

  • Siphoactia charapensis Townsend, 1927
  • Siphoactia peregrina Cortes & Campos, 1971
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References

  1. "Siphoactia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. O'Hara, James E. "Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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