Actinochaeta

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Actinochaeta

| authority = Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889{{cite journal |last1= Brauer|first1= F.|last2= Bergenstamm|first2= J. E. von |date= 1889 |title= Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I |url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7109187#page/115/mode/1up|journal= Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften |volume= 56 |issue= 1 |pages= 69–180 |access-date=25 November 2014}}

| type_species = Actinochaeta columbiae

| type_species_authority = Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889

| display_parents = 2

| synonyms =* Actinochaetopsis Townsend, 1934{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=C.H.T. |title=New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies. [Concl.] |journal=Revista de Entomologia |date=1934 |volume=4 |pages=390–406}}

• Paractinochaeta Townsend, 1934
• Tapajomintho Townsend, 1934

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Actinochaeta is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.{{Cite web |title=World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence |author=James E. O'Hara |date=December 31, 2008 |access-date=August 1, 2010 |version=Version 4.0 |publisher=University of Guelph |url=http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211242/http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Shannon |first2=J. Henderson |last3=D. Monty |first3=Wood |title=World Checklist of the Tachinidae |url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=28 February 2022 |date=5 March 2020}}