Actina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Stratiomyomorpha

Familia: Stratiomyidae
Subfamilia: Beridinae
Genus: Actina
Species: A. acutula – A. amoena – A. apicalis – A. basalis – A. bilobata – A. bimaculata – A. chalybea – A. compta – A. diadema – A. dulongjiangana – A. elongata – A. flavicornis – A. fraterna – A. gongshana – A. jezoensis – A. longa – A. maculipennis – A. sapporo – A. soldatowi – A. spatulata – A. tengchongana – A. trimaculata – A. unimaculata – A. varipes – A. viridis – A. xinzangensis – A. zhangae
Name

Actina Meigen, 1804

Soldier fly, Actina viridis. New River Gorge Bridge, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA

References

Li, Y. , Li, Z. & Yang, D., 2011: Five new species of Actina from China (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36 (1): 52–55. Abstract and full article: [1].
Li, Z. ; W.-N. Cui ; T.-T. Zhang & D. Yang, 2009: New species of Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 31 (3): 161–171. Abstract: [2]
Li, Z. ; T.-T. Zhang & D. Yang, 2009: Eleven New Species of Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 31 (3): 206–220. Abstract: [3]
Li, Z. ; T.-T. Zhang & D. Yang, 2009: Two new species of Actina from China (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34 (4): 798–800. Abstract and full article: [4]].
Meigen, J. 1804. Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.) 1(1), v-xxiv + 1-152. Karl Reichard, Braunschweig. GDZ Reference page.
Woodley, N. E. 2001: A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1–473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
Yang, D. & Nagatomi, A., 1992: A Study on the Chinese Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). South Pacific Study, 12 (2): 129–178. Full article: [5].
Yu, S.-S. ; W.-N. Cui & D. Yang, 2009: Three New Species of Actina (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 31 (4):

Actina is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.[1][2]
Species

There are 16 species.

A. acutula Yang, 1991
A. apicalis (Frey, 1960)
A. chaliboea Macquart, 1826
A. chalybea Meigen, 1804
A. diadema Lindner, 1936
A. fraterna (Frey, 1960)
A. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1916)[3]
A. maculipennis Yang & Nagatomi, 1992
A. soldatowi Pleske, 1928
A. spatulata Yang & Nagatomi, 1992
A. varipes Lindner, 1940
A. viridis (Say, 1824)
A. xizangensis Yang & Nagatomi, 1992

References

"Fauna Europaea". European Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
Stubbs, A.; Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
Matsumura, Shonen (1916). Thousand insects of Japan. Additamenta Vol. 2 (Diptera). Tokyo: Keisei-sha. pp. 185–474 + [4], pls. 16–25.