Erycia festinans (Meigen, 1824)

Gilasian, Ebrahim, Ziegler, Joachim & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2022, The fauna of the family Tachinidae (Diptera) in Haftad-Qolleh Protected Area (Markazi Province), with forty-six new records from Iran and description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1), pp. 49-91 : 65-66

Erycia festinans (Meigen, 1824) ( Fig. 4F)

Tachina festinans Meigen, 1824:384

Diagnosis: Male: frons 0.89–1.07 times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; lateral vertical setae not differentiated; basicosta yellow at the posterior edge, rarely completely black; abdominal tergites dorsally almost entirely microtrichose except for a narrow blackish posterior margin and ventrally with only a narrow anterior band of microtrichosity; tergite 3 with 2–4 marginal setae; tergite 4 without discal setae. Female: Frons 1.20–1.33 times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; basicosta mostly yellowish-orange; abdomen entirely microtrichose, without discal setae; abdominal tergite 5 1.50–1.78 times as long as tergite 4.

Material examined: 7♂♂ 6♀♀, Azna, 33°59′39.1″N, 50°06′56.5″E, 13.vi.2018, 2282 m, swept, leg. E. Gilasian.

Distribution: ASIA: China, Eastern Siberia, Turkey. EUROPE: widespread except for British Isles. New record for Iran.