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Parent Taxon

• Tachinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Abepalpus
• Adejeania
• Andinomyia
• Archytas
• Archytoepalpus
• Chiloepalpus
• Chromatophania
• Chromoepalpus
• Copecrypta
• Cryptopalpus
• Cyanopsis
• Dejeania
• Dejeaniops
• Deopalpus
• Diaphanomyia
• Echinopyrrhosia
• Edwynia
• Epalpellus
• Epalpodes
• Epalpus
• Eristaliomyia
• Eudejeania
• Eulasiopalpus
• Exopalpus
• Germaria
• Gymnomma
• Homosaundersia
• Itasaundersia
• Jurinella
• Jurinia
• Juriniopsis
• Juriniosoma
• Lindigepalpus
• Melanepalpus
• Microtropesa
• Mikia
• Nowickia
• Oharamyia
• Oxyepalpus
• Paradejeania
• Pararchytas
• Paratachina
• Paratropeza
• Parepalpus
• Peleteria
• Phosocephala
• Protodejeania
• Rhachoepalpus
• Ruiziella
• Sarromyia
• Schineria
• Tachina
• Trichophora
• Trichosaundersia
• Trypherina
• Vibrissomyia
• Xanthoepalpodes
• Xanthoepalpus
• Xanthozona
• Zonoepalpus

Child Taxa

• Juriniopsis adusta
• Juriniopsis aurifrons

Top Observation Places

• San Antonio
• Austin