Siphona singularis is a Neotropical species of tachinid flies in the genus Siphona of the family Tachinidae. It is the type species of the Actinocrocuta subgenus within Siphona.[3][4]
| Siphona singularis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Tribe: | Siphonini |
| Genus: | Siphona |
| Subgenus: | Actinocrocuta |
| Species: | S. singularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Siphona singularis | |
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Distribution
editSiphona singularis is distributed widely in the Neotropical realm. It is recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Manaus and southeastern region) and Trinidad.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "New South American Oestroidea (Dipt.)". Revista de Entomologia. 5: 216–233.
- ^ a b c O'Hara, James E. (1989). "Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Quaestiones Entomologicae. 25: 1–229.
- ^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 1 July 2023.