Genus Xanthomelanodes, Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Genus Xanthomelanodes Townsend, 1893

XANTHOMELANA van der Wulp, 1892: 188 (junior homonym of Xanthomelana Bonaparte, 1850 or later). Type species: Xanthomelana gracilenta van der Wulp, 1892, by subsequent designation of Coquillett, 1910b: 620 [Neotropical].
XANTHOMELANODES Townsend, 1893d: 167 (nomen novum for Xanthomelana van der Wulp, 1892).
ERYTHROPHASIA Townsend, 1917a: 127. Type species: Erythrophasia atripennis Townsend, 1917 (= Phasia atripennis Say, 1829), by original designation.

arcuatus (Say, 1829).– Washington, California to Wisconsin to New Hampshire, south to Mexico and Florida (S&A, 1965), Ontario to New Brunswick and Maine, also British Columbia (CNC).
– Ocyptera arcuata Say, 1829: 173 (also published in LeConte, 1859: 365). Type data: type(s) (lost). Type locality: USA, Indiana.

atripennis (Say, 1829).– Michigan to Vermont, south to Arkansas and Florida, also ?Mexico (S&A, 1965).
– Phasia atripennis Say, 1829: 172 (also published in LeConte, 1859: 363). Type data: type(s) (lost). Type locality: USA, Indiana.
– Tachina corythus Walker, 1849: 797. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: USA, Georgia.
– Wahlbergia atripennis Townsend, 1891a: 145. Type data: lectotype male (SEMK), by designation of Sabrosky, 1950: 365. Type locality: USA, Virginia, Dixie Landing.
– Erythrophasia atripennis Townsend, 1917a: 127. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, White Springs (on flowers of Euthamia sp.).

californicus Townsend, 1908.– British Columbia to California, Mexico, and Texas (S&A, 1965), Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Arizona (CNC).
– Xanthomelanodes californica Townsend, 1908: 129. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Los Angeles County.

flavipes (Coquillett, 1897).– Québec, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia (S&A, 1965), Arkansas, Ontario, New Hampshire (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Xanthomelana flavipes Coquillett, 1897: 72. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Horseneck Beach.

pictipes (Bigot, 1889).– "Washington Territory," unrecognized species (S&A, 1965).
– Stevenia pictipes Bigot, 1889: 254. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: USA, "Washington Territory."