Volume 4, Issue 2 (2018)                   J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2018, 4(2): 105-112 | Back to browse issues page

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Taxonomic study of the genus Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tabanidae) in East Azarbaijan province with three species as new records for the Iranian fauna
Fatemeh Moayyed Mazraeh1 , Samad Khaghaninia * 1, Shahzad Iranipour1 , Ali Yavuz Kilic2
1- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
2- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskishehr, Turkey.
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Based on specimens collected from East Azarbaijan province during 2016–2017 as well as specimens which already had been collected during 2007–2015 and deposited at ICHMM, overall 18 species of the genus Tabanus were recognized which among them, Tabanus armenicus (Krober, 1928), Tabanus maculicornis Zettersted, 1842 and Tabanus nemoralis Meigen, 1820 are new records to the Iranian Tabanidae fauna. Diagnostic characters as well as their informative photos are given.
Keywords: Tabanidae Tabanus Iran East Azarbaijan province New records
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Systematics/Coleoptera
Received: 2018/04/4 | Accepted: 2018/08/26 | Published: 2018/09/22
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