Bithia demotica (Egger, 1861)

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 : 79

Bithia demotica (Egger, 1861)

Tachina demotica Egger, 1861:211 . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Frons in male 0.73–0.95 times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; longest trichia on arista about 2/3 times as long as width of thickened portion of arista; scutellum with crossed apical setae, without lateral setae; vein R 4+5 with 3–6 setae basally; tegula black; abdomen microtrichose, with irregular spots in different viewing angle; syntergite 1+2 without median marginal setae; male surstylus and syncercus as in Fig. 267 in Tschorsnig & Herting (1994).

Material examined: 1♂, Latehdar, 33°59′33.1″N, 50°06′56.8″E, 3.vi.2017, 2291 m, swept, leg. E. Gilasian.

Distribution: ASIA: China. EUROPE: widespread except for Russia, Scandinavia and British Isles. New record for Iran.