Ormia

Ormia
Ormia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Ormiini
Genus: Ormia
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Species

~25 described species
Synonyms [1]

Euphasiopteryx Townsend, 1915

Ormia is a small genus of nocturnal flies in the family Tachinidae, that are parasites of crickets. The genus occurs throughout the Americas.

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.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). University of Guelph. http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010. 
  2. ^ R. N. Miles, D. Robert & R. R. Hoy (1995). "Mechanically coupled ears for directional hearing in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 98 (6): 3059–3070. doi:10.1121/1.413830. PMID 8550933. 
  3. ^ D. Robert, R. N. Miles & R. R. Hoy (1996). "Directional hearing by mechanical coupling in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea". Journal of Comparative Physiology A 179 (1): 29–44. doi:10.1007/BF00193432. PMID 8965258. 



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