Macquartia tessellum (Meigen 1824)

Zhang, Baihui, Li, Henan, Li, Junjian, Zhang, Dong & Zhang, Chuntian, 2023, Taxonomic study of the genus Macquartia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from China, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 106273-106273 : 106273

Macquartia tessellum (Meigen 1824)

Diagnosis

Parafacial hairy. Arista almost bare. Palpi reddish-yellow. Four postsutural dorsocentral setae; 3 katepisternal setae. Lower calyptrae not divergent from scutellum. Abdomen black, with grey pruinosity and markings, mid-dorsal excavation of abdominal syntergite 1+2 extending or nearly to its posterior margin, 3rd tergite with a large black marking.

Distribution

Oriental: India (Northwest). Palaearctic: Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan), China (Beijing, Liaoning, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang), Europe (British Isles, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland), Middle East (Iran, Israel, Palestine), North Africa (Canary Islands), Transcaucasia (Armenia).

Hosts

Coleoptera , Chrysomelidae : Chrysolina americana Linnaeus, C. didymata Scriba, C. geminata Paykull, C. hyperici Forster, C. varians Schaller, Colaphus palaestinus Achard, Colaphus sophiae Schaller, Entomoscelis adonidis Pallas, Gonioctena olivacea Forster, Phytodecta olivacea (Forster) ( Chao et al. 1998: 2044; Tschorsnig 2017: 266).