''Melanepalpus'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, 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 t ...
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Species
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Melanepalpus albipes''
Townsend, 1914
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Melanepalpus fulvus''
Townsend, 1914
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Melanepalpus meraculus''
Reinhard, 1975
References
Tachininae
Brachycera genera
Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
Diptera of South America
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