Tachina gnava Meigen, 1824: 330. Type locality: Sweden, Skåne, Äsperöd.
Distribution: Palaearctic: Europe (all), Transcaucasia, Russia (W. Russia, E. Siberia, S. Far East, Primorsk Territory, Sakhalin, South Kuril Island (Kunashir)) (Richter 2004), Korea (Kim & Kim 1972), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) (Shima 2014), China Provinces (Beijing M., Hebei, Henan, Heilongiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan, Shanxi); Oriental: China Provinces (Fujian, Guangxi Zhuangzu A.R., Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) (O’Hara, Shima & Zhang 2009).