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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Tribe: Siphonini
Genus: Siphona
Subgenus: Actinocrocuta
Species:
S. singularis
Binomial name
Siphona singularis
(Wiedemann, 1830)[1]
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Distribution

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Siphona 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

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  1. ^ a b Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "New South American Oestroidea (Dipt.)". Revista de Entomologia. 5: 216–233.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.