Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904

Hosts. Diptera: Calliphoridae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, Stratiomyiidae, Ulidiidae

zealandicus Ashmead 1904: 304

Type. USNM

Distribution. E (Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz)

Host/habitat. Bercaea cruentata, Calliphora augur, Calliphora quadrimaculata, Calliphora stygia, Calliphora vicina, Chrysomya cloropyga, Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya rufifacies, Chrysomya varipes, Chrysomya sp., Fannia canicularis, Haematobia exigua, Oxysarcodexia varia, Phaenicia sericata, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sp., Microchrysa sp., Musca domestica, Musca sorbens, Musca sp., Muscina stabulans, Muscina sp., Protocalliphora sp., Sarcophaga aurifrons, Sarcophaga impatiens, Sarcophaga sp., Stomoxys calcitrans, Tritoxa flexa

Remarks. This species was imported from Australia in a biological control program against several species, including Phaenicia sericata, Musca domestica, Stomoxys calcitrans and Fannia canicularis in the 1960s (Legner 1978). Bercaea haemorroidalis, noted as a host in Noyes (2001), is a junior synonym of B. cruentata .