Dinera carinifrons explained

Dinera carinifrons is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in Europe and Asia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Distribution and habitat

This species has a transpalaearctic distribution and it is present in most of Europe (northwards to Scotland) and in Asia (Mongolia).^[5] It especially occurs in high altitudes of the Alps.^[6]

Description

Dinera carinifrons can reach a body length of about . 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.^{[6] [7]}

References

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 18 December 2023 . 5 March 2020.
2. Zhang . C.T. . Shima . H. . A systematic study of the genus Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera: Tachinidae) . Zootaxa . 2006 . 1243 . 1-60.
3. Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae. Belshaw. Robert. 1993. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4ai . 170.
4. Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae . van Emden. F.I. . 1954. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4a . 133.
5. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2efd1d25-4e00-4da9-8897-bf5762c7849e Fauna Europaea
6. 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
7. 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