Hystricephala

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| taxon = Hystricephala

| authority = Macquart, 1846{{cite book |last1=Macquart |first1=P.J.M. |title=Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1] |date=1846 |publisher=Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts |location=Lille |pages=133–364, 20 pls |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109525#page/5/mode/1up |access-date=5 December 2020}}

| type_species = Hystricephala nigra

| type_species_authority = Macquart, 1846

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Hystricephala is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=5 March 2020}}