Dinera carinifrons is a species of fly 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).Fauna Europaea It especially occurs in high altitudes of the Alps.Erikas Lutovinovas, Igor Malenovsky, Andrea Tothova, Joachim Ziegler, Jaromír Vaňhara 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
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.Joachim Ziegler, Erikas Lutovinovas, Chun-Tian Zhang 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
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