Estheria mesnili Cerretti and Tschorsnig, 2012

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 : 56

Estheria mesnili Cerretti and Tschorsnig, 2012

Diagnosis: Genal dilation, thorax, coxae, trochanters, femora and abdominal tergites 1+2 and 3 ventrally with black setulae; scutellum reddish-orange in about posterior 1/2; basicosta brown; frons in male 0.45–0.55 times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; parafacial bare; lower facial margin not visible in lateral view; facial carina undeveloped; scape not prominent; arista including trichia 0.5–0.7 times as wide as postpedicel; prementum about 0.30–0.45 times as long as head height; 3 strong postpronotal setae arranged in a triangle; wing membrane entirely hyaline; petiole of wing cell r 4+5 0.15–0.20 times as long as vein M beyond bend; male genitalia as in Fig. 33 in Cerretti & Tschorsnig (2012).

Material examined: 1♂, 1♀, Latehdar, 33°59′39.1″N, 50°06′56.8″E, 3.vi.2017, 2291 m, swept, leg. E. Gilasian.

Distribution: ASIA: Israel ( Cerretti & Tschorsnig, 2012). New record for Iran.