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Estheria alticola Mesnil 1967

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Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967

Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967: 55. Type locality: Hissar Mts nr Dushanbe (Tajikstan). Holotype ♂ and two female paratypes (ZIN) not examined. References: Herting (1984: 142; Palearctic catalog); Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993: 363; Palearctic catalog).

Diagnosis. From the original description. Frons of male less than 1/10 of head width; prementum 6 times as long as wide; three strongest postpronotal setae nearly arranged in a triangle; 3 presutural and 3 postsutural dorsocentral setae; lower calypter with short hairs; mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal seta.

Distribution. Tajikstan.

Remarks. This species appears to be similar to E. cristata (Meigen), but differs from the latter by arista long plumose, three strongest postpronotal setae nearly arranged in a triangle, and mid tibia only with 1 anterodorsal seta.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Chun-Tian, Shima, Hiroshi, Liang, Hou-Can & Li, He-Nan, 2019, Four new species of Estheria Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from China and Nepal, with a review of the East Palearctic and Oriental species, pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 4603 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2841928

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F4DC05FFCFC8736C86DC8E50EF8135

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/2841928 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFCDA47DFFC3C87F6C11DD1A5025827F (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03F4DC05FFCFC8736C86DC8E50EF8135 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/157145397 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/26817/taxon/03F4DC05FFCFC8736C86DC8E50EF8135.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Tachinidae
Genus
Estheria
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mesnil
Species
alticola
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967 sec. Zhang, Shima, Liang & Li, 2019

References

  • Mesnil, L. P. (1967) Tachinaires palearctiques inedits (Diptera). Mushi, 41, 37 - 57.
  • Herting, B. (1984) Catalog of Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie), 369, 1 - 228.
  • Herting, B. & Dely-Draskovits, A. (1993) Family Tachinidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalog of Palaearctic Diptera. Fol. 13. Anthomyiidae-Tachinidae. Hungarian Natural HistoryMuseum, Budapest, pp. 118 - 458.