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Ophirion Townsend 1911

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, 101, Cidade Universitária, CEP 05508 - 090, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: filipe. gudin @ gmail. com

Description

Genus Ophirion Townsend, 1911

Ophirion comprises eight valid species, including O. lenkoi sp. nov.; five genera were synonymized with Ophirion by Wood (1985). The complete list of species and synonyms can be checked in O’Hara et al. (2020).

Notes

Published as part of Gudin, Filipe Macedo, 2023, Annotated Catalog of Vespid Hosts (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Tachinidae (Diptera), with Description of a New Species of Ophirion Townsend from Brazil, pp. 1-25 in Zoological Studies 62 (6) on page 9, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-06, http://zenodo.org/record/8075254

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Townsend
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tachinidae
Genus
Ophirion
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ophirion Townsend, 1911 sec. Gudin, 2023

References

  • Townsend CHT. 1911. Announcement of further results secured in the study of muscoid flies. Ann Entomol Soc Am 4: 127 - 152.
  • Wood DM. 1985. A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Mem Entomol Soc Can 132: 1 - 130. doi: 10.4039 / entm 117132 fv.
  • O'Hara JE, Henderson SJ, Wood DM. 2020. Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae of the world. Version 2.1. Available at: http: // www. nadsdiptera. org / Tach / WorldTachs / Checklist / Worldchecklist. html. Accessed 21 Jun. 2022.