Policheta

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Policheta

| authority = Rondani, 1856{{cite book |last1=Rondani |first1=Camillo |title=Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata |date=1856 |publisher=A. Stocchi |location=Parmae [= Parma]. |pages=226 + [2] |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34067#page/9/mode/1up |access-date=17 October 2020}}

| type_species = Tachina unicolor

| type_species_authority = Fallén, 1820{{cite book |last1=Fallen |first1=C.F. |title=Monographia Muscidum Sveciae |date=1820 |publisher=Berlingianis |location=Lundae [=Lund] |pages= 49–56–57–64–65–72–73–80–81–94}}

| display_parents= 2

| synonyms = *Pericheta Rondani, 1859

• Polycheta Schiner, 1861{{cite book |last1=Schiner |first1=J.R. |title=Fauna Austriaca. Die Fliegen (Diptera). Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet, mit der Charakteristik sämmtlicher europäischer Gattungen, der Beschreibung aller in Deutschland vorkommenden Arten und der Aufzählung aller bisher beschriebenen europäischen Arten. Theil I. Heft 8 |date=1862 |publisher=C. Gerold’s Sohn |location=Wien |pages=657–674}}
• Polychaeta Schiner, 1868{{cite book |last1=Schiner |first1=J.R. |title=Diptera. In: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band II. Abt. 1. |date=1868 |publisher=B.K. Gerold’s Sohn |location=Wien |pages=vi + 388 pp. + 4 pls}}
• Perichoeta Bezzi, 1894
• Perichaeta Herting, 1984

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Policheta is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.{{cite book | last = Chandler | first = Peter J. | year = 1998 | title = Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera | series = Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–234 | isbn = 0-901546-82-8 | publisher = Royal Entomological Society of London | location = London }}{{cite web | url = http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/OHara2004Tachinidae.pdf | title = Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico | first = James E. | last = O'Hara |author2=Wood, D. Monty | date = 28 January 2004 | publisher = Biodiversidad de Nicaragua | location = Nicaragua | pages = 1–42 }}{{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=28 February 2022 |date=5 March 2020}}