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Parent Taxon

• Tachinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Allophorocera
• Anamastax
• Atacta
• Baumhaueria
• Belvosia
• Blepharella
• Blepharipa
• Bothria
• Brachicheta
• Cadurcia
• Calozenillia
• Ceratochaetops
• Ceromasia
• Chaetocnephalia
• Chaetogaedia
• Chlorolydella
• Chrysoexorista
• Clemelis
• Cyzenis
• Distichona
• Dolichocolon
• Elodia
• Erynnia
• Erythrocera
• Euexorista
• Eumea
• Eumeella
• Eurygastropsis
• Eurysthaea
• Frontina
• Gaedia
• Gaedioxenis
• Gonia
• Goniophthalmus
• Harrisia
• Hebia
• Houghia
• Hyphantrophaga
• Hystricephala
• Kuwanimyia
• Leschenaultia
• Lydellina
• Masicera
• Masistylum
• Mystacella
• Myxarchiclops
• Myxexoristops
• Ocytata
• Onychogonia
• Pales
• Palesisa
• Palexorista
• Patelloa
• Pexopsis
• Phryno
• Phyllaristomyia
• Phytomypterina
• Pimelimyia
• Platymya
• Polychaeta
• Prosopea
• Pseudogonia
• Quadra
• Rhacodinella
• Schembria
• Spallanzania
• Sturmia
• Synamphichaeta
• Thelairosoma
• Thelymorpha
• Tritaxys
• Zebromyia
• Zenillia
• Zygobotheria

Child Taxa

• Pales aethiopica
• Pales atrox
• Pales aurea
• Pales blepharipus
• Pales brouni
• Pales casta
• Pales contristans
• Pales cyanea
• Pales efferata
• Pales exitiosa
• Pales experta
• Pales feredayi
• Pales funesta
• Pales inconspicua
• Pales macrocephala
• Pales marginata
• Pales murina
• Pales nefaria
• Pales nigronitens
• Pales nyasa
• Pales nyctemeriana
• Pales pavida
• Pales perniciosa
• Pales processioneae
• Pales rubriventris
• Pales rufolateralis
• Pales setigena
• Pales tecta
• Pales tessellans
• Pales tetra
• Pales usitata

Top Observation Places

• Wellington
• Dunedin