Siphona Meigen, 1803

Tachi, Takuji & Shima, Hiroshi, 2023, Systematic study of the subgenus Aphantorhaphopsis of the genus Siphona in East Asia and the Oriental Region (Diptera: Tachinidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 63 (1), pp. 213-247 : 214

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2023.013
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3256463E-FEA1-4BA2-AB4D-4161FA1138C4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10166079
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Siphona Meigen, 1803
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Genus Siphona Meigen, 1803 View in CoL View at ENA

Crocuta Meigen, 1800: 39 . Type species: Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of COQUILLETT (1910: 528).Suppressed by the ICZN (1963: 339, Opinion 678).

Siphona Meigen, 1803: 281 View in CoL . Type species: Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 View in CoL , by designation of the ICZN (1974: 157, Opinion 1008).

See O’HARA (1989) for a complete list of synonyms.

Remarks. Species of the genus Siphona are distinguished from other genera of the Siphonini by the following combination of characters: CuA+CuP reaching wing margin; lower katepisternal seta strong and subequal in length to anterior one; lower proepimeral seta hair-like and directed upward or absent. O’HARA (1988) examined the first instar larva of the Siphonini and found the same features in the genus Siphona : 2–10 large spinules and a dominant row of spinules on the posteroventral margin of the abdominal segments 6 and 7, respectively.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Tachinidae