Xanthomelanodes californicus

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| genus = Xanthomelanodes

| species = californicus

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| authority = Townsend, 1908{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=C.H.T. |title=The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species |journal=Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections |date=1908 |volume=51 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25140423#page/125/mode/1up |access-date=9 June 2023}}

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Xanthomelanodes californicus is a species of bristle fly 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}}