About Dinera ferina (Fallén, 1817)
Dinera ferina (Fallén, 1817) is a species of fly belonging to the family Tachinidae. In June 2018, the Bulletin of Insectology confirmed that this species is a parasitoid of larvae of two Platycerus stag beetle species found in Italy: Platycerus caprea (De Geer) and Platycerus caraboides (L.), both members of the beetle family Lucanidae (order Coleoptera). This species has been recorded in the following regions: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Transcaucasia, and China.
