by James E. O'Hara and Shannon Henderson
This is the homepage of a series of web pages that provide pictures of authoritatively identified tachinid specimens. The imaged specimens are primarly housed in the Diptera Unit of the Canadian National Collection of Insects (CNC) in Ottawa, Canada.
This is an active website and images will be added periodically. The date of the last update is shown at the bottom of this page.
Using the TachImage Gallery
Each species has its own web page, which can be accessed by clicking a name in the list below. Images are arranged as thumbnails on the right side of each species page. Click a thumbnail to open an image in the larger frame to the left and to display label and related information in the box below the images. Images have been prepared using Zoomify and can be zoomed and moved around in the frame.
A uniquely numbered identifier label has been added to each imaged specimen and the number on the identifier label is cited under each image. Details about the photographic and lighting equipment used to take the images are given on the Photographic Methods page.
Species pages for North American Tachinidae follow the classification given in the Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico. The generic classification for North American and other Tachinidae follows World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence.
TachImage Gallery
Click on a species name below to go to the web page of that species.
Dexiinae
Dexiini
Ateloglossa cinerea Coquillett (Nearctic)
Ateloglossa marginalis (Curran) (Nearctic)
Billaea montana (West) (Nearctic)
Billaea pectinata (Meigen) (Palaearctic)
Campylocheta semiothisae (Brooks) (Nearctic)
Dexia rustica (Fabricius) (Palaearctic)
Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Palaearctic)
Dinera grisescens (Fallén) (Nearctic, Palaearctic)
Dolichocodia bivittata (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Dolichocodia furacis Reinhard (Nearctic)
Estheria cinerea (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Estheria cristata (Meigen) (Palaearctic)
Euchaetogyne roederi (Williston) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Eumegaparia flaveola (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Megaparia venosa van der Wulp (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Microchaetina rubidiapex (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Mochlosoma validum Brauer & Bergenstamm (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Nicephorus floridensis Reinhard (Nearctic)
Nimioglossa ravida Reinhard (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Ochrocera vaginalis Townsend (Nearctic)
Opsotheresia obesa Townsend (Nearctic)
Pelycops nr. darwini Aldrich (Neotropical)
Phalacrophyto sarcophagina (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Ptilodexia conjuncta (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Trixodes obesus Coquillett (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Zelia vertebrata (Say) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Eutherini
Euthera bicolor Coquillett (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])Euthera setifacies Brooks (Nearctic)
Euthera tentatrix Loew (Nearctic)
Euthera woodi O'Hara (Nearctic)
Freraeini
Freraea montana Coquillett (Nearctic)Sophiini
Cordyligaster septentrionalis Townsend (Nearctic)Euantha litturata (Olivier)
Euanthoides petiolata (Townsend) (Neotropical)
Telothyriini
Telothyria thecata (Coquillett) (Nearctic)Uramyini
Uramya halisidotae (Townsend) (Nearctic)Uramya indita (Walker) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Uramya pristis (Walker) (Nearctic)
Voriini
Aldrichomyia macropogon (Bigot) (Nearctic)
Athrycia cinerea (Coquillett) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Bahrettinia arida (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Blepharomyia piliceps (Zetterstedt) (Palaearctic [Europe])
Blepharomyia tibialis (Curran) (Nearctic)
Chaetonopsis spinosa (Coquillett) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Chaetoplagia atripennis Coquillett (Nearctic)
Chaetovoria seriata (Aldrich) (Nearctic)
Chiloclista bicolor Townsend (Neotropical)
Cockerelliana capitata Townsend (Nearctic)
Cyrtophleba nitida Curran (Nearctic)
Eriothrix penitalis (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Eulasiona comstocki (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Eulasiona genalis Townsend (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Euptilopareia erucicola (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Goniochaeta plagioides Townsend (Nearctic)
Hypovoria discalis (Brooks) (Nearctic)
Kirbya (Hesperophasiopsis) aldrichi (Curran) (Nearctic)
Kirbya (Hesperophasia) setosa (Townsend) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Kirbya (Hesperophasia) sp. (Nearctic)
Meledonus californicus (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Meledonus latipennis Aldrich (Nearctic)
Meleterus montanus Aldrich (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Metaplagia brevicornis Brooks (Nearctic)
Metaplagia orientalis (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Metopomuscopteryx tibialis (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Metopomuscopteryx n. sp. (Nearctic)
Muscopteryx chaetosula Townsend (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Muscopteryx evexa (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Neosolieria sp. (Neotropical)
Periscepsia (Ramonda) cinerosa (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Periscepsia (Ramonda) clesides (Walker) (Nearctic)
Periscepsia (Ramonda) helymus (Walker) (Nearctic)
Periscepsia (Ramonda) laevigata (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Periscepsia (Petinarctia) stylata (Brauer & Bergenstamm) (Nearctic)
Phyllomya fuscicosta Curran (Nearctic)
Phyllomya washingtoniana (Bigot) (Nearctic)
Plagiomima cognata Aldrich (Nearctic)
Plagiomima spinosula (Bigot) (Nearctic)
Spathidexia (Spathidexia) clemonsi Townsend (Nearctic)
Spathidexia (Spathidexia) dunningii (Coquillett) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Spathidexia (Gymnopalpus) elegans (Reinhard) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Thelaira americana Brooks (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Thelaira bryanti Curran (Nearctic)
Trafoia arctica (Sack) (Nearctic)
Trafoia n. sp. (Nearctic)
Trismegistomya pumilis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Trochilodes leonardi (West) (Nearctic)
Trochilodes skinneri Coquillett (Nearctic)
Uclesia zonalis Curran (Nearctic)
Voria aurifrons (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Voria ruralis (Fallén) (Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Wagneria pacata Reinhard (Nearctic)
Wagneria vernata West (Nearctic)
Exoristinae
Blondeliini
Admontia degeerioides (Coquillett) (Nearctic)Angustia pallidipalpis (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Anisia serotina (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Anoxynops aldrichi (Curran) (Nearctic)
Belida chaetoneura (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Blondelia hyphantriae (Tothill) (Nearctic)
Calolydella lathami (Curran) (Nearctic)
Calolydella summatis Reinhard (Neotropical [Mexico])
Celatoria diabroticae (Shimer) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Chaetonodexodes vanderwulpi (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Chaetostigmoptera crassinervis (Walton) (Nearctic)
Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Cryptomeigenia hinei (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Dolichotarsus livescens Reinhard (Nearctic)
Eribella exilis (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Erynniopsis antennata (Rondani) (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Eucelatoria dimmocki (Aldrich) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Eucelatoria leucophaeata (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Euhalidaya genalis (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Euthelyconychia vexans (Curran) (Nearctic)
Istocheta aldrichi (Mesnil) (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Ligeria latigena Wood (Nearctic)
Lixadmontia franki Wood & Cave (Nearctic, Neotropical [Honduras])
Lixophaga opaca Reinhard Nearctic)
Medina quinteri (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Meigenia submissa (Aldrich & Webber) (Nearctic)
Meigenielloides cinereus (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Miamimyia cincta Townsend (Nearctic)
Myiopharus doryphorae (Riley) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Myiopharus moestus (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Myiopharus neilli O'Hara (Nearctic)
Opsomeigenia pusilla (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Oswaldia aurifrons (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Oxynops anthracinus (Bigot) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Paracraspedothrix angulicornis (Curran) (Nearctic)
Phasmophaga meridionalis Townsend (Nearctic)
Phyllophilopsis nitens (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Picconia derisa (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Policheta crassispinosa Wood (Nearctic)
Prodegeeria pammelas (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Steleoneura novemmaculata Wiedemann (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Trigonospila sp. (Australasian)
Trigonospila sp. 2 (Neotropical [Mexico])
Vibrissina aurifrons (Curran) (Nearctic)
Zaira arrisor (Reinhard) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Eryciini
Acantholespesia comstocki (Williston) (Nearctic)Ametadoria harrisinae (Coquillett) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Aplomya theclarum (Scudder) (Nearctic)
Buquetia obscura (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Carcelia (Carcelia) reclinata (Aldrich & Webber) (Nearctic)
Drino (Drino) rhoeo (Walker) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Drino (Palexorista) bohemica Mesnil (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Eunemorilla longicornis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Gymnophryxe claripennis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Heliodorus cochisensis Reinhard (Nearctic)
Lespesia frenchii (Williston) (Nearctic)
Lespesia stonei Sabrosky (Nearctic)
Lydella radicis (Townsend) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Madremyia saundersii (Williston) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Myothyriopsis picta (Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Nilea disparis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Phebellia helvina (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Phryxe pecosensis (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Prooppia strigifrons (Zetterstedt) (Nearctic)
Siphosturmia confusa Reinhard (Nearctic)
Siphosturmia melampyga (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Sisyropa alypiae Sellers (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Townsendiellomyia nidicola (Townsend) (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Tryphera n. sp. (Nearctic)
Tsugaea nox Hall (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Zizyphomyia arguta Reinhard (Neotropical [Brazil])
Zizyphomyia crescentis (Reinhard) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Exoristini
Austrophorocera stolida (Reinhard) (Nearctic)Austrophorocera CNC n. sp. B (Nearctic)
Bessa harveyi (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Chetogena (Chetogena) tachinomoides (Townsend) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Exorista mella (Walker) (Nearctic)
Gueriniopsis setipes (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Parasetigena silvestris (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Nearctic, Palaearctic)
Phorocera (Pseudotachinomyia) exigua Wood (Nearctic)
Tachinomyia montana (Smith) (Nearctic)
Tachinomyia variata Curran (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Goniini
Belvosia bifasciata (Fabricius) (Nearctic, Neotropical)Blepharipa pratensis (Meigen) (Nearctic, Palaearctic)
Chaetocraniopsis argenticeps Aldrich (Neotropical)
Chrysoexorista ochracea (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Cyzenis browni (Curran) (Nearctic)
Gonia porca Williston (Nearctic)
Leschenaultia bicolor (Macquart) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Vibrissovoria aurea Townsend (Neotropical [Brazil])
Masiphyini
Masiphya sp. (Nearctic)Winthemiini
Chesippus notialis Reinhard (Nearctic)Hemisturmia parva (Bigot) (Nearctic)
Nemorilla pyste (Walker) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Orasturmia vallicola Reinhard (Nearctic)
Smidtia fumiferanae (Tothill) (Nearctic)
Winthemia datanae (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Winthemia vesiculata (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Phasiinae
Catharosiini
Catharosia sp. (Nearctic)Cylindromyiini
Besseria brevipennis (Loew) (Nearctic)Cylindromyia (Cylindromyia) euchenor (Walker) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Cylindromyia (Ichneumonops) mirabilis (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Hemyda aurata Robineau-Desvoidy (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Penthosia satanica (Bigot) (Nearctic [Arizona], Neotropical [Mexico])
Gymnosomatini
Ectophasiopsis arcuata (Bigot) (Neotropical)
Gymnoclytia unicolor (Brooks) (Nearctic)
Gymnosoma par Walker (Nearctic)
Trichopoda (Galactomyia) pennipes (Say) (Nearctic, introduced throughout the world)
Xanthomelanodes arcuatus (Say) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Imitomyiini
Imitomyia sugens (Loew) (Nearctic)Leucostomatini
Clairvillia timberlakei (Walton) (Nearctic)Leucostoma simplex (Fallén) (Nearctic)
Parerigonini
Eleuthromyia inusitata Reinhard (Neotropical [Mexico])Phasiini
Euclytia flava (Townsend) (Nearctic)Opesia americana (Bigot) (Nearctic)
Phasia aldrichii (Townsend) (Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic)
Phasia diversa (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Phasia fenestrata (Bigot) (Nearctic)
Subclytia rotundiventris (Fallén) (Palaearctic)
Xysta holosericea (Fabricius) (Palaearctic)
Strongygastrini
Strongygaster didyma (Loew) (Nearctic)Tachininae
Ernestiini
Bombyliomyia soror (Williston) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])Coloradomyia sp. (Nearctic)
Gymnocheta ruficornis Williston (Nearctic)
Hineomyia setigera (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Linnaemya (Linnaemya) comta (Fallén) (Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Linnaemya (Ophina) anthracina Thompson (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Linnaemya (Ophina) glauca (Brooks) (Nearctic)
Loewia foeda (Meigen) (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Panzeria ampelus (Walker) (Nearctic)
Germariini
Germaria angustata (Zetterstedt) (Palaearctic, Nearctic [Yukon])Graphogastrini
Phytomyptera setigera (Thomson) (Nearctic)Iceliini
Icelia sp. (Neotropical)Leskiini
Aphria ocypterata Townsend (Nearctic)Drepanoglossa lucens Townsend (Nearctic)
Genea sp. (Neotropical [Mexico])
Ginglymia johnsoni (Coquillett) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Leskia depilis (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Leskia occidentalis (Coquillett) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Stomatodexia sp. (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Megaprosopini
Megaprosopus regalis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)Microphthalma disjuncta (Wiedemann) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Trichoprosopus sp. (Neotropical)
Minthoini
Paradidyma singularis (Townsend) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])Vanderwulpia sequens Townsend (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Myiophasiini
Cholomyia inaequipes Bigot (Nearctic, Neotropical [Central America])Gnadochaeta metallica (Townsend) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Nemoraeini
Macromya crocata Reinhard (Nearctic, Neotropical)Xanthophyto sp. (Nearctic)
Ormiini
Ormia reinhardi (Sabrosky) (Nearctic)Pelatachinini
Pelatachina limata Coquillett (Nearctic)Polideiini
Chlorohystricia cyaneiventris (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical)Chromatocera setigena (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Chrysotachina alcedo (Loew) (Nearctic)
Chrysotachina auriceps O'Hara (Nearctic)
Chrysotachina sp. Neotropical [Costa Rica])
Dichocera dichoceroides (Arnaud) (Nearctic)
Euscopolia dakotensis Townsend (Nearctic)
Exoristoides johnsoni Coquillett (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Homalactia harringtoni (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Hystricia abrupta (Wiedemann) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Hystricia testaceiventris van der Wulp (Nearctic [Arizona], Neotropical [Mexico])
Lydina americana (Townsend) species complex (Nearctic)
Lypha fumipennis Brooks (Nearctic)
Mactomyia fracida Reinhard (Nearctic)
Mauromyia brevis (Coquillett) (Nearctic)
Mauromyia picticornis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Micronychia woodi O'Hara (Nearctic)
Nigrilypha gnoma O'Hara (Nearctic)
Ostracophyto aristalis Townsend (Nearctic)
Spilochaetosoma californicum Smith (Nearctic)
Siphonini
Actia interrupta Curran (Nearctic)Ceromya balli O'Hara (Nearctic)
Goniocera io (Aldrich) (Nearctic)
Siphona (Baeomyia) xanthogaster (O'Hara) (Nearctic)
Siphona (Siphona) cristata (Fabricius) (Palaearctic, Nearctic)
Siphona (Siphona) intrudens (Curran) (Nearctic)
Siphona (Siphona) lutea (Townsend) (Nearctic)
Tachinini
Adejeania vexatrix (Osten Sacken) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])Archytas (Nemochaeta) instabilis Curran (Nearctic)
Archytas (Nemochaeta) metallicus (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Copecrypta ruficauda (van der Wulp) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Deopalpus contiguus (Reinhard) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Epalpus signifer (Walker) (Nearctic)
Jurinella lutzi Curran (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Jurinia pompalis (Reinhard) (Nearctic)
Juriniopsis aurifrons Brooks (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Microtropesa sp. (Australasian)
Paradejeania rutilioides (Jaennicke) (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Pararchytas decisus (Walker) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Parepalpus flavidus Coquillett (Nearctic)
Peleteria (Oxydosphyria) iterans (Walker) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Protodejeania hystricosa (Williston) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
Rhachoepalpus olivaceus Townsend (Nearctic, Neotropical)
Ruiziella sp. (Neotropical)
Tachina (Nowickia) latifacies (Tothill) (Nearctic)
Xanthoepalpus bicolor (Williston) (Nearctic, Neotropical [Mexico])
