Carcelia falenaria (Rondani, 1859)

Ruchin, A. B., Zeegers, T. & Esin, M. N., 2021, New species Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the Russian fauna, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (2), pp. 196-199 : 196-197

Carcelia falenaria (Rondani, 1859)

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MATERIAL. 1♀ — Russia, Republic of Mordovia, Ichalki district, National Park «Smolny», forestry Kemlyanskoe , quarter 87, 54.7444°N, 45.2796°E, 3.VI.2020, leg. G.Semishin.

DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic: Europe (E. Europe ( Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine), S. Europe ( Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia), W. Europe ( Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Middle East ( Israel).

BIOLOGY. Parasitoid on Lepidoptera Erebidae of the genus Amata Fabricius, 1807 [ Tschorsnig, 2017; Scaramozzino et al., 2020]. In the conditions of central Russia, including the Republic of Mordovia, the probable host is the only representative of the family Erebidae close to Amata , Syntomis (= Amata ) nigricornis Alphéraky, 1883. The female of C. falenaria was captured in a pine forest with a well-defined shrub layer. Hardwoods ( Euonymus verrucosa Scop., Sorbus aucuparia L., Frangula alnus Mill. ) grow from shrubs and trees of the second tier. The herb layer is poorly expressed and is represented by Convallaria majalis L., various Poaceae and Asteraceae .

43.1611°E, 28.VI.2018, leg. G.Semishin; 1♂ — Bolshoe Ignatovo district , National Park «Smolny», forestry Aleksandrovskoe, quarter 3 , 54.8774°N, 45.4864°E, 2.VII.2018, leg. G.Semishin; 1♀ — Ichalki district , National Park «Smolny», forestry Lvovskoe, quarter 3 , 54.8735°N, 45.3060°E, 19.VIII.2018, leg. G. Semishin; 1♀ — Ichalki district , National Park «Smolny», forestry Kemlyanskoe, quarter 106 , 54.7264°N, 45.2624°E, 20.VII.2018, leg. G.Semishin.

DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic: Europe (E. Europe ( Czech Republic), S. Europe ( Andorra, Italy, Spain), W. Europe ( Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland)).

BIOLOGY. All known hosts for the genus Loewia Egg- er, 1858 are centipedes ( Lithobiidae ) [ Tschorsnig, 2017]. The species was found in five localities which are deciduous and mixed forests with a high species diversity of shrub and herb layers.

Figures

Figs 1–2. Habitus: 1 — Carcelia falenaria, female, lateral; 2 — Clemelis massilia, male, dorsal. Рис. 1–2. ВнеШний вид: 1 — Carcelia falenaria, самка, сбоку; 2 — Clemelis massilia, самец, сверху.