Gonia picea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

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 : 69

Gonia picea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ( Fig. 5C)

Spallanzania picea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830:78 . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Head and abdomen with whitish microtrichosity; parafacial at the narrowest point in male 0.52–0.72 times and in female 0.65–0.86 times as wide as face; hind tibia in female with an irregular row of anterodorsal setae, with at least 2 setae distinctly longer than others; abdomen entirely black; middorsal depression on abdominal syntergite 1+2 extending back to hind margin; abdominal tergite 5

with a basal band of microtrichosity. Material examined: 5♂♂ 6♀♀, 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; 2♂♂ 2♀♀, Chekab valley , 34°08′07.2″N, 50°15′56.1″E, 11.vi.2018, 2090 m, pan trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution: ASIA: Northern Far East of Russia, Japan, North Korea, China, Siberia, Turkmenistan, Transcaucasia, Israel, Turkey. EUROPE: widespread in all main parts of Europe. Also Oriental Region. New record for Iran.