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
Euphasiopteryx Townsend, 1915

~25 described species

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.

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