* apicalis (Walker), 1853: 275 (Tachina).

Type locality: USA, California (as “ Colombia ”, in error sec Austen, 1907: 333). ST F (BMNH). (= Peleteria haemorrhoa (van der Wulp), 1867, preocc. Tachina apicalis Meigen, 1824).

Distr.: USA (widespread). Refs.: Guimarães, 1971a: 44 (cat.); O’Hara & Wood, 2004: 321 (cat.). Comm.: Tachina apicalis Walker, 1853 is a preoccupied name by Tachina apicalis Meigen, 1824 . The valid name is Peleteria haemorrhoa (van der Wulp, 1867) (O’Hara & Wood 2004: 321) . According to Austen (1907: 333) the type specimen of apicalis Walker is actually from California, not Colombia *. To date, P. haemorrhoa is not recorded outside the USA.