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Tribe Blondeliini

Istocheta aldrichi Tachinidae? - Zaira - male Tachinid emerging from (probable) Blepharida rhois larvae - Myiopharus Fly - Cryptomeigenia Tachinidae ? tachinid reared from chrysomelid larva feeding on Ambrosia psilostachya - Myiopharus Chrysomelidae Larva and Parasitoid? Istocheta aldrichi egg on Japanese Beetle - Istocheta aldrichi
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 Exoristinae
Tribe Blondeliini
Explanation of Names
Blondeliini Robineau-Desvoidy 1863
Numbers
170 spp. in 43 genera in our area(1), ~1070 spp. in ~170 genera total(2)
Identification
Can be separated from most other Tachinidae by the combination of
M obtusely curved, ending very close to R4+5 (similar to Siphonini and Leskiini) and close to wingtip
subapical scutellar bristles strong, straight, and divergent (may break off or be bent into different angles)
lateral scutellar bristles usually strong (weak or absent in Leskiini); absent in Phyllophilopsis which is otherwise distinctive
see (3)(4)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
2.Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 2
O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J., Wood D.M. 2020. 1039 pp.
3.A Taxonomic Conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies
D. M. Wood. 1985. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada.
4.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.