Zodion

Zodion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Conopidae
Subfamily:	Myopinae
Tribe:	Zodionini
Genus:	Zodion; Latreille, 1796
Type species
	Myopa cinerea ; Fabricius, 1794
Species
	See text

Last updated August 03, 2022

Zodion is a large genus of flies from the family Conopidae.^[1]

Species

Zodion abdominale Say, 1823^[2]
Zodion abitus Adams, 1903^[3]
Zodion aenescens Aczel, 1950^[4]
Zodion americanum Wiedemann, 1830^[5]
Zodion anale Kröber, 1915
Zodion auricaudatum Williston, 1892
Zodion bellum Camras, 2004^[6]
Zodion bicolor Adams, 1903^[3]
Zodion caesium Becker, 1908^[7]
Zodion californicum Camras, 1954
Zodion carceli Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Zodion chvalai Camras, 2004^[6]
Zodion cinereiventre Van Duzee, 1927^[7]
Zodion cinereum (Fabricius, 1794)^[1]
Zodion cyanescens Camras, 1943
Zodion erythrurum Rondani, 1865^[7]
Zodion fulvifrons Say, 1823^[2]
Zodion intermedium Banks, 1916
Zodion kroeberi Szilády, 1926^[7]
Zodion malayense Stuke, 2004^[8]
Zodion neocaledonicum Stuke, 2014^[9]
Zodion nigrifrons Kröber, 1915
Zodion nigritarse Strobl, 1902^[7]
Zodion notatum (Meigen, 1804)^[1]
Zodion obliquefasciatum (Macquart, 1846)^[10]
Zodion parvum Adams, 1903^[3]
Zodion perlongum Coquillett, 1902
Zodion pictulum Williston, 1885
Zodion rossi Camras, 1957
Zodion scapulare Adams, 1903^[3]
Zodion triste Bigot, 1887
Zodion zebrinum Bigot, 1887

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References

1 2 3 Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
1 2 Say, Thomas (1823). "Descriptions of dipterous insects of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 9–32. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
1 2 3 4 Adams, C. F. (1903). "Dipterological contributions". Kans. Univ. Sci. Bull. 12: 21–47. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
↑ Aczel, M. L. (1950). "Catalogo de la familia "Conopidae" (Diptera) de la region neotropical". Acta Zoológica Lilloana. Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. 9: 40–84.
↑ Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830). "Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten". Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xii: 684 pp., 5 pls.
1 2 Camras, S (2004). "New Conopidae from the Neotropical Region (Diptera)". Entomological News. 114: 86–90.
1 2 3 4 5 Mei, Maurizio; Stuke, Jens-Hermann (2008). "Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille, 1796, with a revised key (Diptera, Conopidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151 (1): 3–10. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ Stuke, J.-H. (18 August 2004). "A new species of Zodion Latreille, 1796 from the Oriental region". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 114 (4): 187–188.
↑ Stuke, Jens-Herman (2014). "Erster Nachweis der Gattung Zodion Latreille (Diptera: Conopidae) aus der Australis, mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art" [First record of the genus Zodion Latreille (Diptera: Conopidae) from the Australasian Region, with the description of a new species]. Studia dipterologica (in German). 21 (1): 37–40. ISSN 0945-3954.
↑ Howell, J.F. (1967). "Biology of Zodion obliquefasciatum (Macq.) (Diptera: Conopidae) a parasite of the alkali bee, Nomia melanderi Ckll. (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)". Bulletin of the Washington Agriculture Experimental Station. 51: 1–33.

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[Smith1969-1] 1 2 3 Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.

[Say1823-2] 1 2 Say, Thomas (1823). "Descriptions of dipterous insects of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 9–32. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[Adams1903-3] 1 2 3 4 Adams, C. F. (1903). "Dipterological contributions". Kans. Univ. Sci. Bull. 12: 21–47. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[Aczel1950-4] Aczel, M. L. (1950). "Catalogo de la familia "Conopidae" (Diptera) de la region neotropical". Acta Zoológica Lilloana. Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. 9: 40–84.

[Wiedemann1830-5] Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830). "Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten". Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xii: 684 pp., 5 pls.

[Camras2004-6] 1 2 Camras, S (2004). "New Conopidae from the Neotropical Region (Diptera)". Entomological News. 114: 86–90.

[Mei2008-7] 1 2 3 4 5 Mei, Maurizio; Stuke, Jens-Hermann (2008). "Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille, 1796, with a revised key (Diptera, Conopidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151 (1): 3–10. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[Stuke2004-8] Stuke, J.-H. (18 August 2004). "A new species of Zodion Latreille, 1796 from the Oriental region". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 114 (4): 187–188.

[Stuke2014-9] Stuke, Jens-Herman (2014). "Erster Nachweis der Gattung Zodion Latreille (Diptera: Conopidae) aus der Australis, mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art" [First record of the genus Zodion Latreille (Diptera: Conopidae) from the Australasian Region, with the description of a new species]. Studia dipterologica (in German). 21 (1): 37–40. ISSN 0945-3954.

[Howell1967-10] Howell, J.F. (1967). "Biology of Zodion obliquefasciatum (Macq.) (Diptera: Conopidae) a parasite of the alkali bee, Nomia melanderi Ckll. (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)". Bulletin of the Washington Agriculture Experimental Station. 51: 1–33.

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