Gonia foersteri Meigen, 1938

Hou, Peng, Li, Xin, Yang, Ding & Zhang, Chuntian, 2018, Taxonomic study of Gonia Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 43 (3), pp. 294-308 : 299-300

3.1.8 Gonia foersteri Meigen, 1938 ( Figs 41‒48 )

Gonia foersteri Meigen, 1838: 246 ; Herting & Dely-Draskovits, 1993: 259; Lee & Han, 2010: 186. Type locality: Germany: Stolberg .

Diagnosis. The species is different from other species by: frontal vitta, fronto-orbital plate, parafacial, gena orange; upper occiput dark reddish yellow; antenna black; palpus reddish yellow; frons of male about 0.63‒0.65 of head width; parafacial with 4‒5 rows black setae, near facial ridge thicken and lengthen gradually; 2 pairs of proclinate outer orbital setae; 4 pairs of orbital setae; facial ridge above vibrissa with 5‒6 setae; antenna with 1st flagellomere about 2.8‒2.9 times as long as pedicel; thorax brown; 3 postpronotal setae, aligned; 4 katepisternal setae; scutellum brown, 1 pair of apical scutellar setae, parallel and upward posterior; proepisternum with tiny black setae; tegula, basicosta reddish yellow; base of vein R 4+5 with 6‒7 setulae; the length between the bend of vein M and wing posterior margin about 2.5 times the length of vein M from crossvein dM-Cu to its bend; legs entirely black, fore claw of male shorter than tarsomere 5, fore tibia with 2‒ 3 posterior setae; mid tibia with 5 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae. Abdomen black, anterior 1/7 of tergite 3, anterior 1/6 of tergite 4, anterior 1/3 of tergite 5 with thin silver pruinosity.

Material examined. China: Liaoning. 2♂, Benxi, Xiadian , 21.IV.1973, W.Q. Xue; 1♀, Wangxi Park, 12.V.1964, W.Q. Xue ( SYNU) .

Distribution. China (Liaoning), Japan, Korea, Austria, Czech, Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Ukraine.

Remarks. The species is reported in China for the first time.

Figures

Figures 41–48. Gonia foersteri Meigen. 41–44. Male. 45–48. Female. 41, 45. Body in dorsal view. 42, 46. Body in lateral view. 43, 47. Head in lateral view. 44, 48. Head in anterior view.