Acemyini
| Acemyini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
| Tribe: | Acemyini Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 |
Acemyini is a small but cosmopolitan tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.[1] Like all tachinid flies, acemyiines are parasitoids of other invertebrates. Specifically, the acemyiines are parasitoids of Orthoptera in the families Acrididae and Eumastacidae.[2]
Identification
The Acemyiini have a distinctive pattern of scutellar bristling among the Tachinidae, comprising three pairs of very strong setae; one pair of crossed apical setae, a diverging subapical pair set unusually far forwards, and a basal pair which may be approximately parallel or converging. Most species have a long series of proclinate orbital setae in both sexes. The basal node of vein R4+5 in acemyiines has one pair of very long setulae - one on each surface of the wing - which is uncommon in the Goniinae.[2]
Genera
- Acemya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
- Atlantomyia Crosskey, 1977
- Ceracia Rondani, 1865
- Eoacemyia Townsend, 1926
- Hygiella Mesnil, 1957[3]
- Metacemyia Herting, 1969
References
- ↑ O'Hara, J.E. 2011. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 6.0. PDF document, 75 pp. Available from: http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver6.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D (accessed [8-JAN-2012])
- 1 2 Crosskey RW (1973) A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Supp. 21, London.
- ↑ Shima, Hiroshi; Tachi, Takuji (2016). "New species of Hygiella Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae), parasitoids of leaf insects (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae)". Journal of Natural History. 50 (25–26): 1649–1668. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1145751.