Siphonini
(a tribe of parasitoid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Goniocera versicolor
Lackey Botherer
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Siphona
a genus of parasitoid flies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 12 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeSiphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Andersen, S. 1996 The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 33, 146pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

Siphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Siphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 73 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Siphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
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