Taxonomic study of the genus Macquartia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from China Author Zhang, Baihui Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China Author Li, Henan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-0756 School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China Author Li, Junjian Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China Author Zhang, Dong School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China ernest8445@163.com Author Zhang, Chuntian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9514-0502 Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China chuntianzhang@aliyun.com text Biodiversity Data Journal 2023 2023-10-19 11 106273 106273 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e106273 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e106273 1314-2828-11-e106273 E1FC6DB65413429BAE8E0912CD3E29CC 75C66187073A5AC78944FFDA52A4C987 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).