A new Besseria Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Israel

Authors

  • Pierfilippo Cerretti Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy. E-mail: pierfilippocerretti@yahoo.it; Centro Nazionale Biodiversità Forestale—Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Via Carlo Ederle 16/a, 37100, Verona, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Lo Giudice Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
  • Maurizio Mei Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.

Keywords:

Diptera, Israel, new species, Phasiinae, Tachinidae, biodiversity, Middle East

Abstract

A new species of the genus Besseria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Tach­inidae), B. prophetarum n. sp., from the Negev Desert (Israel), is described. Features that distinguish this new species from the presumably closely related B. lateritia (Meigen) are the chaetotaxy of the fronto-orbital plate and occiput, the shape of the labella and the color of the third abdominal tergite.

To cite: Cerretti, P., Lo Giudice, G. & Mei, M. 2010. A new Besseria Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 40: 187–194. 

Besseria prophetarum

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2011-09-01

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Vol. 40 (2010)

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