''Dinera carinifrons'' is a species of

fly Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

in the family Tachinidae. It is found in Europe and Asia.

Distribution and habitat

This species has a transpalaearctic distribution and it is present in most of Europe (northwards to Scotland) and in Asia ( Mongolia). It especially occurs in high altitudes of the Alps.Erikas Lutovinovas, Igor Malenovsky, Andrea Tothova, Joachim Ziegler, Jaromír Vaňhar
Taxonomic Approach to the Tachinid Flies Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Dinera fuscata Zhang and Shima using Molecular and Morphometric DataNovember 2013Journal of Insect Science 13(139):1-18 DOI: 10.1673/031.013.13901
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Description

''Dinera carinifrons'' can reach a body length of about . In these rather large flies, the thorax, abdomen, and legs are black with a dense microtrichosity and relatively broader frons and parafacial. Abdomen shows a light tessellate appearance, with syntergite 1+2 excavated, 3+3 dorsocentral setae present and undeveloped costal seta. This species is very similar to ''

Dinera fuscata The ''Dinera fly'' is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Most larvae are parasitoids of Coleoptera ( Scarabaeidae). Species *''Dinera angustifrons'' Zhang & Shima, 2006 *''Dinera borealis'' Zhang & Fu, 2012 *''Dinera brevipal ...

''.Joachim Ziegler, Erikas Lutovinovas, Chun-Tian Zhan
The taxa of the Dinera carinifrons species complex (Diptera, Tachinidae), with the description of a new West Palaearctic subspecies and three lectotype designations
Diptera Stelviana 2 (pp.249–275)- Publisher: AMPYX-VERLAG, Halle (Saale), Germany - Editors: Joachim Ziegler

References

*Belshaw R. 1993. Tachinid flies. Diptera: Tachinidae. In: Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London *Cerretti P. 2010. I tachinidi della fauna Italia-na (Diptera Tachinidae), con chiave interattiva dei generi ovest-paleartici, vol. I. Centro Nazionale Biodiversitá Forestale, Cierre Edizioni *Zhang C-T, Shima H. 2006. A systematic study of the genus ''Dinera'' Robineau-Desvoidy from the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Diptera: Tachinidae). Zootaxa 1243: 1–60 {{Taxonbar, from=Q14376014 Dexiinae Diptera of Europe Diptera of Asia Insects described in 1817 Taxa named by Carl Fredrik Fallén