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Tribe Tachinini

Brown fly to ID - Archytas Acrobats - Peleteria Tachinid - Epalpus signifer Bumble bee mimic (?)  on undetermined aster or fleabane - Tachina Tachinid Fly - Pararchytas decisus Epalpus signifer wNC big ole Tach - Archytas metallicus - male Tachinid? - Peleteria - male
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
As used on BugGuide, includes genera formerly placed in tribe Dejeaniini.
Numbers
>120 spp. in 16 genera in our area(1), >930 spp. in >140 genera total(2)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)