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Ptilodexia
Ptilodexia is a genus of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) established by Brauer & Bergenstamm in 1889. Species in this genus are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae, particularly those in the families Melolonthidae and Scarabaeidae. The genus is distributed across the Americas, with records from North, Central, and South America. At least 57 species have been described.