Actia lamia

Actia lamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Actia
Species: A. lamia
Binomial name
Actia lamia
(Meigen, 1838)
Synonyms

Actia lamia is the type species of the genus Actia of the family Tachinidae.[2][3][4][5][6]

Range

It is a common European species, ranging extents from Italy in the south, to parts of Norway in the north, and from Great Britain (excluding Ireland) in the west to the Caucasus and parts of Siberia in the east.[1][7]

Biology

video of Actia lamia taken in Germany

Like most tachinids it is a parasitoid of Lepidoptera. Its biology has not been well studied, but it has been reared from species of Epiblema (microlepidoptera).[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andersen, Stig (1996). The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 33. Leiden: Brill. p. 148. ISBN 90-04-10731-2.
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  3. ↑ "Actia lamia (Meigen, 1838)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  5. 1 2 Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
  6. ↑ van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4a): 133.
  7. ↑ Soós, Á; Papp, L (1993). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 11 Anthomyiidae - Tachinidae. Budapest: Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus. pp. 1–624. ISBN 963-05-3910-1.


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