Istocheta cinerea (Macquart, 1851)

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 : 62-63

Istocheta cinerea (Macquart, 1851) ( Fig. 4A)

Phorocera cinerea Macquart, 1851:429 . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Arista thickened almost to apex; second aristomere 2–4 times as long as wide; 3 presutural acrostichal setae present; distance between 2 subapical scutellar setae 0.50–0.75 times as great as distance between subapical and basal setae; abdominal sternites 3 and 4 in female only about 1/2 as wide as sternite 5.

Material examined: 5♂♂ 6♀♀, Chekab valley , 34°08′05.3″N, 50°16′25.3″E, 2.v–15.vi.2016, 2219 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ; 2♂♂, Kaftar khoon valley, 34°06′57.8″N, 50°16′50.2″E, 8.vi.2018, 2211 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ; 2♂♂ 7♀♀, Sibak valley , 34°05′40.0″N, 50°14′35.3″E, 18.iii–17.iv.2018, 2094 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution: ASIA: Israel. EUROPE: widespread except for Russia, Scandinavia and British Isles. NORTH AFRICA: Morocco. New record for Iran.