Coenosia testacea ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 )

Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, Pont, Adrian C. & Gilasian, Ebrahim, 2020, The genus Coenosia Meigen in Iran, with a key to species and description of a new species (Diptera: Muscidae), Zootaxa 4877 (3), pp. 559-574 : 569-572

Coenosia testacea ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

( Figs 23 , 38–40 )

Material examined. Iran: Markazi: 2♂♂, Haftad-Qolleh Protected Area, Sibak valley , 34º8’6.5”N 50º10’59.01”E, 1872m, 17.iii–10.vi.2018, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ( HMIM) ; 1♂, 1♀, Kaftar-khoon val-ley, wild rhubarbs, 34º6’49”N 50º16’48.6”E, 2203m, 18.iii–11.vi.2018, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian & M. ParchamiAraghi ( CNC) ; 1♀, Chekab valley , 34º7’5.3”N 50º16’25.3”E, 2219 m, 28.v–15.vi.2016, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ( CNC) ; Mazandaran: 2♂♂, 1♀, Polur village , 35º50’20.6”N 52º2’49.1”E, 2311m, 18.v.2016, sweeping on bushes, M. Parchami-Araghi ( CNC) ; West-Azerbaijan: 1♂, Rashakan, Research Station for Lake Urmia National Park , 37º20’38.8”N 45º17’37.4”E, 1315m, 26.vi–8.vii.2016, Malaise trap, M. Parchami-Araghi ( CNC) .

Diagnosis. Coenosia testacea can be separated from the other Iranian species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: antenna black, palpus entirely yellow in male (apically dark in female), legs yellow, tarsi entirely black, scutum with two brown longitudinal stripes, only 1 proepisternal seta, abdomen cylindrical in male, tergites 1–3 yellow and tergites 4–5 dark with paired spots, female abdomen oval, entirely dark with paired spots.

Distribution. New to Iran, C. testacea is widely distributed in Europe including Turkey, Armenia, as well as North Africa ( Morocco and Algeria) and the Middle East ( Syria) ( Pont 2018, 1986, Barták et al. 2004).

Figures

FIGURES 20–25. Coenosia species, males, lateral view. 20. C. atra; 21. C. attenuata; 22. C. humilis; 23. C. testacea; 24. C. nigridigita; 25. C. tigrina.

FIGURES 35–43. Coenosia species, male sternite 5. and hypopygium, posterior and lateral views. 35–37. C. nigridigita; 38–40. C. testacea; 41–43. C. tigrina.