Ophirion

Ophirion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Ophirion ; Townsend, 1911
Type species
	Ophirion mirabile ; Townsend, 1911
Synonyms
	EutrapelusReinhard, 1974; OphirionopsisTownsend, 1927; OpsoleskiaTownsend, 1919; OxyophirionTownsend, 1927; TelothyriosomaTownsend, 1919;

Last updated August 16, 2025

Ophirion is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.^[4]^[5] This species is a parasitoid of Polybia wasps. ^[6]

Species

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

1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 4 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).
1 2 3 4 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.
↑ 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.
↑ James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
1 2 "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.
↑ Curran, C.H. (1937). "Two new Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Polybia species (Hymenoptera)". American Museum Novitates (923): 1–4.

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[Townsend1911-1] 1 2 3 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.

[Townsend1927-2] 1 2 3 4 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).

[Townsend1919-3] 1 2 3 4 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.

[OHara2020-4] 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.

[y039-6] 1 2 "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.

[Curran1937-7] Curran, C.H. (1937). "Two new Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Polybia species (Hymenoptera)". American Museum Novitates (923): 1–4.

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