Acemyini

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]

Acemyini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Acemyini
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889

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

References
  1. 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%5B%5D (accessed [8-JAN-2012])
  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.
  3. 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.
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