# 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)