Tachinus melanocephalus, Stephens, 1832

Herman, Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium. I. Introduction, History, Biographical Sketches, and Omaliine Group, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (265), pp. 651-1066 : 651-1066

melanocephalus Stephens, 1832 , see: Tachyporus .

memnonius Gravenhorst, 1802: 192 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: America septentr.). — Gravenhorst, 1806: 17 ( Tachyporus ). — Erichson, 1839b: 258 ( Tachinus ; characters; America septentrionalis). — Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 555 ( Tachinus ; catalog). — Horn, 1877: 94 ( Tachinus ; characters; from Canada and New Hampshire to North Carolina, and westward to British Columbia). — Blatchley, 1910: 445 ( Tachinus ; characters; Indiana). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 480 ( Tachinus ; synonym of batychrous , cited as batichrous). — Notman, 1919a: 95 ( Tachinus ; Ontario). — Robert, 1946: 68 ( Tachinus ; characters; Quebec). — Campbell, 1973: 86 ( Tachinus ; characters; Ontario; Quebec; Maine; New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Connecticut; Rhode Island; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Virginia; West Virginia; North Carolina; Georgia; Ohio; Michigan; Wisconsin; Iowa; Illinois; Indiana). — Ullrich, 1975: 269 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; notes). — Morgan and Morgan, 1985: 1824, 1829 ( Tachinus ; middle Holocene fossil; Michigan). — Campbell, 1988: 266 ( Tachinus ; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Arkansas; Florida; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Vermont). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 474 ( Tachinus ; characters; USA). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, Chile.

batychrous Gravenhorst, 1802: 191 ( Tachinus ; [Note: Name often cited erroneously as batichrous]; Type locality: America septentr.). — Gravenhorst, 1806: 20 ( Tachyporus ; cited as batychrus ). — Erichson, 1839b: 258 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ). — Sturm, 1843: 46 ( Tachyporus ; cited as latus ; [Note: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 480, listed latus Sturm as a synonym of batychrous and Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 555, cited it as a synonym of memnonius . Sturm’s use of latus is unavailable; it was published in a list but without an indication, description, definition, or reference to such (Article 12.1)]; North America). — Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 555 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 480 ( Tachinus ; cited as batichrous; catalog). — Campbell, 1973: 86 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ). — Ullrich, 1975: 269 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ).

rufus Sachse, 1852: 121 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Georgia). — Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 555 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 480 ( Tachinus ; synonym of batychrous ). — Campbell, 1973: 86 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ). — Ullrich, 1975: 269 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ).

chilensis Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 414 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: no locality cited, presumably from Chile). — Ullrich, 1975: 269 ( Tachinus ; synonym of memnonius ).

mercatii Jarrige, 1966b: 99 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Italie: Filettino, Lazio, 1200 m). — Bordoni, 1975f ( Tachinus ; notes on abdominal structure; Italian endemic). — Ullrich, 1975: 275 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; characters; Italy). — Zanetti, 1995: 36 ( Tachinus ; Italy). - DISTRIBUTION: Italy.

meridionalis Sharp, 1883: 309 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet; [Note: See lectotype designation by Campbell, 1973]). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 484 ( Tachinus ; catalog). — Campbell, 1973: 84 ( Tachinus ; lectotype designation; characters; Panama). — Ullrich, 1975: 254 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; notes; Panama).

— Campbell, 1976c: 196 ( Tachinus ; characters). - DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

meurguesae Coiffait, 1984: 124 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinoderus ; Type locality: Cachemire: Pahalgam, Sheshnag, 3000 m. Also cited from Pakistan). - DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

mexicanus Campbell, 1973: 74 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Mexico: 10 mi. W. El Salto, Durango. Also cited from Guatemala and Arizona). — Sharp, 1887: 782 ( Tachinus ; [Note: Misidentified as alticola according to Ullrich, 1975: 109]; Mexico). — Ullrich, 1975: 109 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; notes; Mexico; Guatemala; Arizona). — Campbell, 1976c: 193 ( Tachinus ; characters; collecting notes; Mexico). — Navarrete-Heredia, 1997: 28 ( Tachinus ; collecting notes; Mexico). - DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala, Mexico, USA.

micans Scheerpeltz, 1974 , see: Sepedophilus .

micantoides Scheerpeltz, 1974 , see: Sepedophilus .

mimulus Sharp, 1874: 16 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Japan; [Note: See lectotype designation by Ullrich, 1975]). — Sharp, 1888: 383 ( Tachinus ; Japan). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 484 ( Tachinus ; catalog). — Watanabe, 1961: 355 ( Tachinus ; cited as minulus; Izu Islands). — Nakane, 1963a: 96 ( Tachinus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan). — Ullrich, 1975: 245 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; lectotype designation; characters; Japan). — L.-Z. Li, 1995: 71 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; characters; Japan). - DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

mimus Horn, 1877: 97 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Oregon; [Note: See lectotype designation by Campbell, 1973]). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1916: 484 ( Tachinus ; catalog). — Hatch, 1957: 113 ( Tachinus ; characters; Washington; Oregon). — Campbell, 1973: 100 ( Tachinus ; lectotype designation; characters; Nevada; California; Oregon; Washington). — Ullrich, 1975: 192 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; notes). — Campbell, 1988: 274 ( Tachinus ; California; Oregon). - DISTRIBUTION: USA.

minimus Campbell, 1973: 52 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: Massachusetts: Tyngsboro. Also cited from Quebec; Michigan; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Virginia; nitiduloides “in part” listed in synonymic list for minimus based on Horn misidentification of specimen in type series from Michigan; nitiduloides cited as junior synonym of addendus [p. 53] but not under addendus [p. 94]). — Ullrich, 1975: 235 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; notes). — Campbell, 1988: 247 ( Tachinus ; Ontario; Quebec; Illinois; Maryland; Michigan; New York; North Carolina; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia). — Downie and Arnett, 1996: 474 ( Tachinus ; characters; USA). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

minor Campbell, 1975a: 90 ( Tachinus ; Type locality: United States: Arizona: Cochise Co.: Huachuca Mts., Miller Can. 6500–7000 ft. Also cited from Mexico). — Campbell, 1976c: 193, 196 ( Tachinus ; characters; collecting notes; Mexico). — Campbell, 1988: 249 ( Tachinus ; Mexico; Puebla). - DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

mirabile Cameron, 1937 , see: Sepedophilus .

modestus Bernhauer, 1929 , see: Sepedophilus .

molodovae Veselova, 1990: 15 ( Tachinus ; subgenus Tachinus ; Type locality: Iu. Sakhalin, Brianskoe). - DISTRIBUTION: Russia.