Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967

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, Zootaxa 4603 (1), pp. 1-38 : 13

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5940984

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scientific name

Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967
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Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967 View in CoL

Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967: 55 View in CoL . 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tachinidae

Genus

Estheria

Loc

Estheria alticola Mesnil, 1967

Zhang, Chun-Tian, Shima, Hiroshi, Liang, Hou-Can & Li, He-Nan 2019
2019
Loc

Estheria alticola

Herting, B. & Dely-Draskovits, A. 1993: 363
Herting, B. 1984: 142
Mesnil, L. P. 1967: 55
1967
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