Exorista rustica (Fallen, 1810)

Seyyedi Sahebari, Farnaz, Khaghaninia, Samad & Talebi, Ali Asghar, 2023, New data on the subfamily Exoristinae (Diptera, Tachinidae) from northern Iran, with 11 genera and 15 new records of species for the country, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (2), pp. 311-329 : 317

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.9.2.311
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CBA0B37A-8003-4FEC-B780-338141B581F9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17023822
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C2B87FB-FF98-0D67-FF7B-35B4CA4112CC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Exorista rustica (Fallen, 1810)
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Exorista rustica (Fallen, 1810) View in CoL ( Fig. 1F)

Material examined. 1♀, Iran, Mazandaran, Ghaznasara , 36°16.94'N, 52°10.97'E, 2032 m, 30. V GoogleMaps .2011, Malaise trap, TMUC, leg. A. Nadimi ; 1♂, Iran, East Azerbaijan, Arasbaran ( Aynalu ), 38°30.32'N, 46°37.12'E, 1391 m, 21. VI GoogleMaps .2014, sweep net, ICHMM, leg. F. Seyyedi-Sahebari ; 1♂, Iran, East Azerbaijan, Arasbaran ( Makidi valley ), 38°50'N, 46°53.73'E, 1687 m, 25.VII.2014, sweep net, ICHMM GoogleMaps , leg. F. Seyyedi- Sahebari.

Diagnosis. Arista thickened on basal 1/3; palpus yellow; 3rd section of costa about 2.5 times as long as 2nd.; scutellum black with strong crossed apical setae; tergites 3–5 with broad bands of pruinescence along anterior margin. Males: frons without orbital external setae; abdomen elongate. Female: frons with one pair of orbital external setae; abdomen wide and conical.

Distribution. Oriental - China (East, West), Taiwan, Thailand; Palaearctic - Widespread throughout Europe and Scandinavian countries also from Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Middle East ( Israel), Mongolia, Turkey, North Africa ( Egypt), Russia, Transcaucasia, China (Central, Northeast, South-central), Korean Peninsula. ( O’Hara et al., 2020), Iran ( New record).

Host range. Hymenoptera - Many species of the family Tenthredinidae (see Tschorsnig, 2017:23).