Dinera carinifrons

Dinera carinifrons is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[2][3] It is found in Europe and Asia.

Dinera carinifrons
In Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Dinera
Species:
D. carinifrons
Binomial name
Dinera carinifrons
(Fallén, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Musca carinifrons Fallen, 1817
  • Amyclaea serva Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
  • Dinera cinerea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
  • Dinera grisea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Myocera anthophila Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Myocera grisescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Distribution and habitat

This species has a transpalaearctic distribution and it is present in most of Europe (northwards to Scotland) and in Asia (Mongolia).[4][1] It especially occurs in high altitudes of the Alps.[5]

Description

Dinera carinifrons can reach a body length of about 6.5–10.8 mm (0.26–0.43 in). In these rather large flies, the thorax, abdomen, and legs are black with a dense microtrichosity and relatively broader frons and parafacial. Abdomen shows a light tessellate appearance, with syntergite 1+2 excavated, 3+3 dorsocentral setae present and undeveloped costal seta. This species is very similar to Dinera fuscata.[5][6]

References
  1. Catalogue of Life
  2. Biolib
  3. Tachinidae resources
  4. Fauna Europaea
  5. Erikas Lutovinovas, Igor Malenovsky, Andrea Tothova, Joachim Ziegler, Jaromír Vaňhara Taxonomic Approach to the Tachinid Flies Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Dinera fuscata Zhang and Shima using Molecular and Morphometric DataNovember 2013Journal of Insect Science 13(139):1-18 DOI: 10.1673/031.013.13901
  6. Joachim Ziegler, Erikas Lutovinovas, Chun-Tian Zhang The taxa of the Dinera carinifrons species complex (Diptera, Tachinidae), with the description of a new West Palaearctic subspecies and three lectotype designations Diptera Stelviana 2 (pp.249–275)- Publisher: AMPYX-VERLAG, Halle (Saale), Germany - Editors: Joachim Ziegler
  • Belshaw R. 1993. Tachinid flies. Diptera: Tachinidae. In: Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London
  • Cerretti P. 2010. I tachinidi della fauna Italia-na (Diptera Tachinidae), con chiave interattiva dei generi ovest-paleartici, vol. I. Centro Nazionale Biodiversitá Forestale, Cierre Edizioni
  • Zhang C-T, Shima H. 2006. A systematic study of the genus Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy from the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Diptera: Tachinidae). Zootaxa 1243: 1–60
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