Ophirion

Genus of flies

Ophirion

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Tachinidae
Subfamily:  | Exoristinae
Tribe:  | Blondeliini
Genus:  | Ophirion
Townsend, 1911[1]
Type species
Ophirion mirabile

Townsend, 1911[1]

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]

## Species

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* Ophirion atlixcoense (Reinhard, 1975)
* Ophirion brasiliensis (Townsend, 1927)[2]
* Ophirion flava (Townsend, 1919)[3]
* Ophirion lenkoi Gudin 2023[6]
* Ophirion mirabile Townsend, 1911[1]
* Ophirion polybia (Curran, 1937)[7]
* Ophirion punctigerum (Townsend, 1927)[2]
* Ophirion tersum (Townsend, 1919)[3]

## 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. 無 (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.

Taxon identifiers

Ophirion|

* Wikidata: Q4119279
* BOLD: 284332
* CoL: 68YL
* EoL: 43780
* IRMNG: 1039469
* ITIS: 88335
* NCBI: 2174605
* Open Tree of Life: 5033305

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