Tachina

Tachina is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. There are approximately 600 species worldwide. Most have larvae that are parasitoids of lepidopteran caterpillars.

Taxonomy
Nowickia Wachtl, 1894, treated by some authors as a subgenus of Tachina  Meigen, 1803, following most authors is now accepted  as a valid genus and treated separately.

Species
Species within this genus include:


 * Tachina actinosa (Reinhard, 1938)
 * Tachina acuminata (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina agnita Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina alacer Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina albidopilosa (Portschinsky, 1882)
 * Tachina albifrons (Walker, 1836)
 * Tachina algens Wiedemann, 1830
 * Tachina alticola (Malloch, 1932)
 * Tachina amasia Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina amica Waltl, 1837
 * Tachina amurensis (Zimin, 1929)
 * Tachina anguisipennis (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina angulata (Meijere, 1924)
 * Tachina angusta Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina antennata (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina apicalis (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina ardens (Zimin, 1929)
 * Tachina arvensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
 * Tachina asiatica (Tothill, 1918)
 * Tachina astytos Walker, 1849
 * Tachina atra (Malloch, 1932)
 * Tachina augens Walker, 1853
 * Tachina aurulenta (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina barbata Zimin, 1984
 * Tachina basalis (Zimin, 1929)
 * Tachina bicolor Macquart, 1835
 * Tachina bijuncta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina bipartita Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina bombidiforma (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina bombylia (Villeneuve, 1936)
 * Tachina breviala (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina breviceps (Zimin, 1929)
 * Tachina brevicornis Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina brevipalpis (Chao & Zhou, 1993)
 * Tachina brevirostris (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina breviventris (Wiedemann, 1830)
 * Tachina brunneri (Loew, 1873)
 * Tachina brunnipalpis Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina californimyia Arnaud, 1992
 * Tachina calliphon (Walker, 1849)
 * Tachina canadensis (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina candens (Walker, 1849)
 * Tachina casta (Rondani, 1859)
 * Tachina celer Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina chaetaria Zimin, 1980
 * Tachina chaoi Mesnil, 1966
 * Tachina cheni (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina chrysocephala (Walker, 1836)
 * Tachina chrysotelus (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina cincta (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina comitata Walker, 1853
 * Tachina compressa (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina confecta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina conjuncta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina contracta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina cordiforceps (Rowe, 1931)
 * Tachina corsicana (Villeneuve, 1931)
 * Tachina corylana Gimmerthal, 1834
 * Tachina defecta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina demissa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina derracm Walker, 1853
 * Tachina despicienda (Walker, 1861)
 * Tachina diaphana (Fabricius, 1805)
 * Tachina discifera (Walker, 1860)
 * Tachina dispartita Walker, 1853
 * Tachina dispecia Walker, 1853
 * Tachina dispuncta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina distenta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina diversa Waltl, 1837
 * Tachina divulsa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina domator Walker, 1853
 * Tachina dorycus Walker, 1849
 * Tachina effecta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina egula (Reinhard, 1938)
 * Tachina emarginata (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina enodata Walker, 1853
 * Tachina enotata Walker, 1853
 * Tachina enussa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina erecta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina erogara Walker, 1853
 * Tachina erratica Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina errors (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
 * Tachina erucarum Schrank, 1803
 * Tachina eurekana (Reinhard, 1942)
 * Tachina evanida (Reinhard, 1953)
 * Tachina evocata Walker, 1853
 * Tachina evoluta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina ewdens Walker, 1853
 * Tachina exacta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina exagens Walker, 1853
 * Tachina exclusa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina excoriata (Wiedemann, 1830)
 * Tachina exilistyla Macquart, 1835
 * Tachina expleta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina fallax Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina fera (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Tachina ferina Meigen, 1830
 * Tachina fesfiva Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina fischeri Gimmerthal, 1834
 * Tachina fissa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina flavicalyptrata Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina flaviceps Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina flavifrons Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina flavipes (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina flavopilosa (Bigot, 1888)
 * Tachina flavosquama Chao, 1982
 * Tachina flexa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina florum Walker, 1849
 * Tachina furcipennis (Chao & Zhou, 1987)
 * Tachina garretti Arnaud, 1994
 * Tachina genurufa (Villeneuve, 1936)
 * Tachina gibbiforceps (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina gimmerthali Gimmerthal, 1834
 * Tachina glabrata Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina griseicollis Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina griseifrons Zimin, 1984
 * Tachina grisescens Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina grossa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tachina haemorrhoa (Mesnil, 1953)
 * Tachina hirta Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina hispida (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina hortensis Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina idiotica Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina imbuta (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina incisa Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina infestans Walker, 1853
 * Tachina inflexicornis Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina innovata (Walker, 1861)
 * Tachina inoperta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina inquilina Walker, 1853
 * Tachina insedata Walker, 1853
 * Tachina instigata Meigen, 1835
 * Tachina intacta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina intaminata Walker, 1853
 * Tachina intercedens Walker, 1853
 * Tachina interclusa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina intermedia (Reinhard, 1942)
 * Tachina intermixta' Walker, 1853
 * Tachina interna Walker, 1853
 * Tachina interrupta (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
 * Tachina intracta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina intricata Meigen, 1830
 * Tachina inumbrata Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina invelata (Reinhard, 1953)
 * Tachina involuta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina iota Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina isea (Walker, 1849)
 * Tachina jacobsoni (Townsend, 1926)
 * Tachina jakovlewii (Portschinsky, 1882)
 * Tachina javana Malloch, 1932
 * Tachina jawensis Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina kolomietzi Zimin, 1967
 * Tachina kunmingensis Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina laeta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
 * Tachina laterolinea (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina lateromaculata (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina latianulum (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina latifacies (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina latiforceps (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina latifrons (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina latigena (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina levicula Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina lindemanni Gimmerthal, 1834
 * Tachina longiunguis (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina longiventris (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina ludibunda Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina lueola (Coquillett, 1898)
 * Tachina lurida (Fabricius, 1781)
 * Tachina luteisquama Zimin, 1984
 * Tachina macropuchia Chao, 1982
 * Tachina macropuchia Chao, 1982
 * Tachina macularia Wiedemann, 1824
 * Tachina magica Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina magna (Giglio-Tos, 1890)
 * Tachina magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1844)
 * Tachina majae (Zimin, 1935)
 * Tachina mallochi Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina margella (Reinhard, 1942)
 * Tachina marginella (Reinhard, 1942)
 * Tachina medogensis (Chao & Zhou, 1988)
 * Tachina melaleuca Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina metallica Brullé, 1833
 * Tachina minor (Suster, 1953)
 * Tachina minuta (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina montana (Townsend, 1916)
 * Tachina morosa Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina multans Walker, 1853
 * Tachina nearctica Arnaud, 1992
 * Tachina nectarea Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina nicaeana (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
 * Tachina nigella (Reinhard, 1938)
 * Tachina nigrifera (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina nigrocastanea Chao, 1962
 * Tachina nigrolineata Stephens, 1829
 * Tachina nitida (Wulp, 1882)
 * Tachina nivalis (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina nupta (Rondani, 1859)
 * Tachina objecta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina occidentalis (Wiedemann, 1830)
 * Tachina oligoria Arnaud, 1992
 * Tachina orbitalis (Reinhard, 1942)
 * Tachina pagana Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina pallipalpis Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina palpalis (Coquillett, 1902)
 * Tachina particeps Walker, 1853
 * Tachina persica (Portschinsky, 1873)
 * Tachina pertinens Walker, 1853
 * Tachina picea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
 * Tachina piceifrons (Townsend, 1916)
 * Tachina pictilis (Reinhard, 1942)
 * Tachina pilosa (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina pingbian Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina planiforceps (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina planiventris (Macquart, 1851)
 * Tachina plumasana (Reinhard, 1953)
 * Tachina plumbea Stephens, 1829
 * Tachina politula (Coquillett, 1898)
 * Tachina polychaeta Egger, 1861
 * Tachina potens (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
 * Tachina praeceps (Meigen, 1824)
 * Tachina pubiventris Chao, 1962
 * Tachina pubiventris (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina pudibunda Gimmerthal, 1829
 * Tachina pulvera (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina pulverea (Chao, 1962)
 * Tachina pulvillata Belanovsky, 1953
 * Tachina pumila Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina punctocincta (Villeneuve, 1936)
 * Tachina pusilla Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina pygmaea Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina qingzangensis (Chao, 1982)
 * Tachina quadricincia Stephens, 1829
 * Tachina quadrimaculata Macquart, 1835
 * Tachina quadrinotata Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina quadrivittata Zimin, 1984
 * Tachina reclusa Walker, 1853
 * Tachina rectinervis Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina refecta Walker, 1853
 * Tachina robinsoni (Townsend, 1915)
 * Tachina rohdendorfi Zimin, 1935
 * Tachina rohdendorfiana Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina rondanii (Giglio-Tos, 1890)
 * Tachina rostrata (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina rubricornis Zetterstedt, 1844
 * Tachina ruficauda (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina ruficornis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
 * Tachina rufifrons Macquart, 1854
 * Tachina rufiventris Suster, 1929
 * Tachina rufoanalis (Macquart, 1851)
 * Tachina rustica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
 * Tachina sacontala Walker, 1849
 * Tachina saltatrix (Wiedemann, 1830)
 * Tachina scita (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina senoptera Macquart, 1834
 * Tachina sibirica Kolomiets, 1984
 * Tachina silvestris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
 * Tachina sinerea Chao, 1962
 * Tachina sobria Walker, 1853
 * Tachina soror Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
 * Tachina sosilus (Walker, 1849)
 * Tachina spina Chao, 1987
 * Tachina spina (Chao, 1987)
 * Tachina spineiventer (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina spinipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)
 * Tachina spinosa (Tothill, 1924)
 * Tachina stackelbergi (Zimin, 1929)
 * Tachina stackelbergiana Herting, 1993
 * Tachina strenua (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863)
 * Tachina stupida Herting, 1993
 * Tachina subcinerea Walker, 1853
 * Tachina subfasciata Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina subpilosa (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
 * Tachina subvaria (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina sumatrensis (Townsend, 1926)
 * Tachina tadzhica Zimin, 1980
 * Tachina taenionota Meigen, 1830
 * Tachina tahoensis (Reinhard, 1938)
 * Tachina tenebrifera (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina tephra Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina terminalis Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina testacea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
 * Tachina testaceifrons Roser, 1840
 * Tachina testaceipes Stephens, 1829
 * Tachina tienmushan Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina trianguli (Walker, 1849)
 * Tachina tricincta Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina tricolor (Lichtwardt, 1909)
 * Tachina trifasciata (Walker, 1836)
 * Tachina trigonophora Zimin, 1980
 * Tachina trimaculata Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina turanica Zimin, 1980
 * Tachina ursina (Meigen, 1824)
 * Tachina ursinoidea (Tothill, 1918)
 * Tachina vallata (Meigen, 1838)
 * Tachina venosa Meigen, 1824
 * Tachina ventralis (Wiedemann, 1824)
 * Tachina vernalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
 * Tachina vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
 * Tachina victoria (Townsend, 1897)
 * Tachina virginea Meigen, 1838
 * Tachina viridulans Walker, 1853
 * Tachina vittata (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina vulgata (Walker, 1853)
 * Tachina xizangensis (Chao, 1982)
 * Tachina zaqu Chao & Arnaud, 1993
 * Tachina zimini (Chao, 1962)