Revision of the West Palaearctic species of the genus Pales Robineau­Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) Author Cerretti, Pierfilippo text Zootaxa 2005 885 1 36 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.170907 6d24a957-c673-4d86-938f-739ddfe6b06c 1175­5326 170907 Pales murina Mesnil, 1970 ( Fig. 28 ) Pales murina Mesnil, 1970 : 90 . Type locality: Ghavial [ Pakistan ]. Material examined . IRAN — Busher Prov., 1998, ex Thiacidas postica Walker, N. Frrar leg., 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ ( BLKU ); Hamadan Prov., Moradbeyk Valley (Kuh­e Alvand) S of Hamadan, 34°43' 09.2 N 048°29' 01.7E , 23.VI.2004 , 2380 m, J. Ziegler leg. 1 Ψ ( ZMHB ); Esfahan Prov., Nehzatabad S Fereydun Shahr, northeast of Esfahan, 2700 m , 30.VI.2004 , J. Ziegler leg., 1 ɗ ( ZMHB ); Fars Prov., Valley near Ganjgan, southeast of Yasuj, 30°27' 56.9 N 051°41' 36.1 E , 2230 m , 10.VII.2004 , J. Ziegler leg., 3 ΨΨ ( ZMHB ). Diagnosis . Thorax (except scutellum) black in ground colour; posterior half or more of the scutellum reddish or yellow. Abdomen black (except for reddish spots on sides of tergites 3 and rarely 4) without blue reflections, densely and evenly covered with silvergrey microtrichosity ( Fig. 28 ). Tibiae yellow or brownish­yellow, but black on the basal 1/3 –1/2 of their ventral side. ɗ: postpedicel 3.7–4.0 times as long as the pedicel; height of facial ridge 0.94–1.15 times as long as the frons in lateral view; frons 0.73–0.78 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; fore claws longer than tarsomere 5; abdominal tergites 3 and 4 without median discal setae (rarely 2 short and weak on tergite 4); terminalia in posterior view as in Fig. 24 . Female differs from male as follows: frons wider, 0.90–1.00 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view. Postpedicel about 2.5–3.1 times as long as the pedicel. Distribution . Iran , Pakistan (cf. Crosskey 1976 ; Herting 1984 ; Herting & Dely­Draskovits 1993 ). Hosts . Lepidoptera : Ephesia nymphaea (Esper) ; Dicycla oo (Linnaeus) ( OILB­list 1983 ), Thiacidas postica Walker (Noctuidae) .