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Parent Taxon

• Tachinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Amphitropesa
• Ateloglossa
• Billaea
• Callotroxis
• Camarona
• Cordillerodexia
• Dasyuromyia
• Dexia
• Dexiomera
• Dinera
• Dolichocodia
• Dolichodexia
• Echinodexia
• Estheria
• Euchaetogyne
• Eudexia
• Gigamyiopsis
• Halydaia
• Heterometopia
• Hystrichodexia
• Hystrisyphona
• Jurinodexia
• Megapariopsis
• Microchaetina
• Mochlosoma
• Nimioglossa
• Opsotheresia
• Pelycops
• Phasiops
• Piligena
• Piligenoides
• Pretoriamyia
• Prophorostoma
• Prosena
• Prosenina
• Prosenoides
• Pseudodinera
• Ptilodexia
• Rutilotrixa
• Scotiptera
• Senostoma
• Sitellitergus
• Trichodura
• Trichostylum
• Trixa
• Trixiceps
• Trixodes
• Villanovia
• Xanthotheresia
• Zelia
• Zeuxia

Child Taxa

• Zelia gracilis
• Zelia metalis
• Zelia ruficauda
• Zelia vertebrata
• Zelia wildermuthii
• Zelia zonata

Top Observation Places

• Abington