Erythromelana jaena, Townsend. Scale, 1919

Inclan, Diego J. & Stireman, John O., 2013, <strong> Revision of the genus <em> Erythromelana </ em> Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) and analysis of its phylogeny and diversification </ strong>, Zootaxa 3621 (1), pp. 1-82 : 12

E. jaena species group

Species belonging to this group share two distinct states of the male terminalia. Specifically, sternite 5 has the apical lobes broadly rounded, with only small hair-like setae (sometimes similar in E. woodi ) and the cerci are dorsally flat on the medial section in posterior view. Based on examination of other blondeliine taxa ( Lixophaga , Myiopharus B. & B., Anoxynops , Ptilodegeeria B. & B., Blondelia Robineau-Desvoidy , Chaetonodexodes Townsend ), these states likely represent the ancestral condition in the Blondeliini . In addition, most of the species have: bright yellow abdominal coloration (except E. leptoforceps and E. nigrithorax ), 2 katepisternal setae (3 in E. eois , and rarely in E. ecuadoriana ), first postsutural supra-alar seta absent, sternite 5 of female covered with several well-developed setae on more than posterior 2/3 (although similar in E. woodi ), and cercus, in lateral view, slightly concave along posterior margin.

This group includes seven species, five with fully yellow abdomens, E. jaena , E. abdominalis , E. curvifrons , E. ecuadoriana , and E. eois ; and two species with black and yellow abdomens, E. leptoforceps and E. nigrithorax .