''Mellachnus'' is a genus of

tachinid flies The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this fami ...

in the family

Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this fami ...

Species

*'' Mellachnus velutinus''

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, 1934

Distribution

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References

Diptera of South America Endemic fauna of Argentina Monotypic Brachycera genera Exoristinae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by John Merton Aldrich {{blondeliini-stub