Archytas apicifer is a medium to large sized (approximately 10-15 mm) Nearctic tachinid fly.

Several genera are robust and brightly patterned and many possess conspicuous bristles on the head or on the 4th to 6th abdominal segments.

[4] Like many other tachinid flies, A. apicifer larvae are internal parasitoids of the Forest tent caterpillars and fall webworms in addition to the tomato fruitworm, corn earworm, and cutworms.

[5] Canada, United States, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent, El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador.

This article related to members of the fly tribe Tachinini is a stub.