Phytomyptera nigrina (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 : 79

Phytomyptera nigrina (Meigen, 1824) ( Fig. 6D)

Tachina nigrina Meigen, 1824:355 . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Gena 0.2–0.3 times as long as maximum diameter of eye; parafacial very narrow; scutellum with distinct lateral setae; crossvein m-cu absent; hind tibia with a row of (6–11) equally sized anterodorsal setae; preapical posterodorsal seta on hind tibia about as long as preapical dorsal seta; surstylus and cercus as in Fig. 13 in Andersen (1988).

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 ; 2♂♂ Kaftar khoon valley, 34°06′49.0″N, 50°16′48.6″E, 15.vii.2018, 2203 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ; 1♂, Sibak valley , 34°08′06.5″N, 50°10′59.0″E, 10.vi.2018, 1812 m, pan trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution: ASIA: Mongolia, Siberia, Tajikistan, Transcaucasia, Israel. EUROPE: widespread in all main parts of Europe. New record for Iran.