''Actia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of large

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

in the family

Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...

Species

*'' Actia ampla'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *''Actia antiqua'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia autumnalis'' (

Townsend Townsend or Townshend may refer to: Places United States *Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York *Townsend, Delaware *Townsend, Georgia *Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...

, 1917) *'' Actia brevis'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia brunnea'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia chrysocera'' Bezzi, 1923 *'' Actia ciligera'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia clavula'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *'' Actia completa'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia crassicornis'' (

Meigen Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...

, 1824) *'' Actia cuthbertsoni'' Curran, 1933 *'' Actia darwini'' Malloch, 1929 *'' Actia dasymyia'' O'Hara, 1991 *'' Actia deferens'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia destituta'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *'' Actia diffidens'' Curran, 1933 *'' Actia dimorpha'' O'Hara, 1991 *''

Actia dubitata ''Actia dubitata'' is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Tachinidae. Distribution Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North ...

'' Herting, 1971 *'' Actia eucosmae'' Bezzi, 1926 *'' Actia exsecta'' Villeneuve, 1936 *''Actia fallax'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia fulvicauda'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia gratiosa'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia hargreavesi'' Curran, 1933 *'' Actia infantula'' (

Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...

, 1844) *'' Actia interrupta'' Curran, 1933 *''

Actia jocularis ''Actia jocularis'' is an eastern Palearctic species of fly in the family Tachinidae. Distribution Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bor ...

'' Mesnil, 1957 *'' Actia lamia'' (

, 1838) *'' Actia lata'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia linguata'' Mesnil, 1968 *'' Actia longilingua'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia magnicornis'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia maksymovi'' Mesnil, 1952 *'' Actia mimetica'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia mongolica'' Richter, 1976 *'' Actia munroi'' Curran, 1927 *'' Actia nigra'' Shima, 1970 *'' Actia nigrapex'' Mesnil, 1977 *'' Actia nigriventris'' Malloch, 1935 *'' Actia nigroscutellata'' Lundbeck, 1927 *'' Actia nitidella'' Villeneuve, 1936 *'' Actia nitidiventris'' Curran, 1933 *''

Actia nudibasis Actia () was a festival of Apollo Actius, celebrated at Nicopolis in Epirus, with wrestling, musical contests, horse racing, and sea battles. It was reestablished by Augustus, in commemoration of his victory over Mark Antony off Actium in 31 BC; ...

Stein Stein may refer to: Places Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria * Stein, Styria, a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld, Styria * Stein (Lassing), a village in the district of Liezen, Styria * Stein a ...

, 1924 *'' Actia oblimata'' Mesnil, 1957 *''

Actia painei ''Actia painei'' is a species of parasitic fly in the family Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. ...

'' Crosskey, 1962 *'' Actia pallens'' Curran, 1927 *'' Actia pamirica'' Richter, 1974 *'' Actia parviseta'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia pellex'' (Mesnil, 1953) *'' Actia perdita'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia philippinensis'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia picipalpis'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia pilipennis'' ( Fallén, 1810) *'' Actia pokharana'' Shima, 1970 *'' Actia pulex'' Baranov, 1938 *'' Actia quadriseta'' Malloch, 1936 *'' Actia radialis'' O'Hara, 1991 *'' Actia rejecta'' Bezzi, 1926 *'' Actia resinellae'' ( Schrank, 1781) *'' Actia rubiginosa'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia rufescens'' (Greene, 1934) *'' Actia russula'' Mesnil, 1977 *'' Actia siphonosoma'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia solida'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *'' Actia sternalis'' O'Hara, 1991 *'' Actia takanoi'' Baranov, 1935 *'' Actia tarsata'' Richter, 1980 *'' Actia triseta'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia vulpina'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia yasumatsui'' Shima, 1970 The following species are unplaced in Siphonini: *''Actia panamensis'' Curran, 1933

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Actia (Genus) Brachycera genera Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy