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Genus Peleteria

Tachinidae 01 - Peleteria Tachinid? - Peleteria August fly - Peleteria Tribe Tachinini - Peleteria tachinid - Peleteria haemorrhoa - female Parasitic Fly - Peleteria Mostly black, hairy fly - Peleteria anaxias
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Tachinini
Genus Peleteria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Peleteria Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Explanation of Names
Numbers
~40 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
The parafacial has 2 stout bristles arising near the lower margin of each eye, a trait also shared with most Deopalpus (D. parksi has 1).(2)

Peleteria can be distinguished from Deopalpus by the presence of palpi. Most Peleteria also appear to have 4 post-sutural dorsocentral bristles, while almost all Deopalpus have 3 (Reinhard, 1934). Also, perhaps males have orbital setae present whereas in males of Deopalpus they are at least commonly absent?
Range
worldwide (except Australasia), incl. most of NA (mostly western & boreal, poorly represented in the east and barely present in se. US)(3)(1)
Remarks
Four subgenera. Sphyrimyia and Oxydosphyria are widespread. Panzeriopsis is boreal and montane. Peleteria s. str. is western.
See Also
Archytas and Tachina lack the stout bristles on the parafacial.

Copecrypta ruficauda usually has only 1 strong bristle on the parafacial, maybe with weaker ones below, and the palpi entirely absent. The wing venation and perhaps the shape of the abdomen appear to differ, however.
Print References
Curran, C. H. (1925). The American species of the tachinid genus Peleteria Desv. (Diptera). Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Ser. 3, Vol. 19 No. 5: 225-257, 2 pls.
Reinhard, H.J. (1934). Revision of the American two-winged flies belonging to the genus Cuphocera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 83, No. 2974: 45–70. (Full Text)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
3.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0