| DESCRIPTION |
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Tachinids are large,
robust flies that may appear
beelike or hairy may
be recognized by the following combination of characters: well developed
hypopleural bristles, usually
bare aristae (one
group with plumose aristae),
R5 cell narrowed or
closed, second anal vein short,
postscutellum
well-developedand apex of abdomen with
setae elongate.