Brachicheta strigata (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 : 68

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.49
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:834BE8A9-DC33-4207-8ECD-133EC927D2AD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15809986
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Brachicheta strigata (Meigen, 1824)
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Brachicheta strigata (Meigen, 1824) View in CoL

Tachina strigata Meigen, 1824:375 View in CoL . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Frons in male about 2 times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; gena in male 3/5 times as long as maximum diameter of eye; wing cell R 4+5 closed at wing margin; section of vein M between crossveins r-m and dm-cu distinctly longer than section between dm-cu and bend of M.

Material examined: 2♂♂, Chekab valley , 34°08′05.3″N, 50°16′25.3″E, 28.v–15.vi.2016, 2219 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi. GoogleMaps

Distribution: ASIA: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia. EUROPE: widespread in all main parts of Europe. New record for Iran.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Tachinidae
Genus	Brachicheta