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Ormia sp.

Ormia sp.


Family: Tachinidae
Order: Diptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description


Ormia is a small genus of nocturnal flies in the family Tachinidae, that are parasitoids of katydids and crickets.

Flies in this genus have become model organisms in sound localization experiments because of their "ears", which are complex structures inside the fly´s prothorax near the bases of the front legs. The most common and widespread species, Ormia ochracea, has been the center of this research.

Species: 
  • Ormia aldrichi Séguy, 1925
  • Ormia australis (Townsend, 1911)
  • Ormia bilimekii (Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889)
  • Ormia brevicornis Townsend, 1919
  • Ormia carreirai Tavares, 1965
  • Ormia crespoi Tavares, 1965
  • Ormia depleta (Wiedemann, 1830)
  • Ormia dominicana Townsend, 1919
  • Ormia guianica Curran, 1934
  • Ormia lenkoi Tavares, 1965
  • Ormia lenti Tavares, 1965
  • Ormia lineifrons Sabrosky, 1953
  • Ormia lopesi Tavares, 1962
  • Ormia mendesi Tavares, 1965
  • Ormia nocturna Curran, 1934
  • Ormia nuttingi (Sabrosky, 1953)
  • Ormia ochracea (Bigot, 1889)
  • Ormia pellucida Séguy, 1925
  • Ormia punctata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Ormia rachoui Tavares, 1962
  • Ormia reinhardi (Sabrosky, 1953)
  • Ormia rosenoi (Tavares, 1965)
  • Ormia rufa (Wulp, 1890)
  • Ormia serrei Séguy, 1925
  • Ormia tarsalis Séguy, 1925
  • Ormia wolcotti Sabrosky, 1953
  • Ormia wygodzinskyi Tavares, 1965

Source: Wikipedia, article Ormia sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 548543
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Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
09/01/2023
Eduardo Nadal



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
188559701/09/2023ArgentinaCorrientesEstancia Iberá, Colonia Carlos PellegriniEduardo Nadal
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Ormia sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.