The Entomological Society of Iran Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 8 3 2022 08 13 Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 from Iran (Diptera, Syrphidae) 483 512 20501 10.52547/jibs.8.3.483 EN Ebrahim Gilasian Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395–1454, Iran. 0000-0002-8760-870X Jeroen Van Steenis Syrphidae Foundation, Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands. 0000-0001-9231-1516 Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W.Neatby Building, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada. 0000-0001-7734-6809 Journal Article 2022 05 19 View on Scopus<br><br>Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 are here described from Iran. The new species and their four related groups are as follows: E. nadoosheni Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus barbarus group; E. pollinipedes Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus minotaurus group; E. effossus Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. similis Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus obliquus group, as well as E. intermedius Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. khiabani Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus ornatus group. In addition, the species E. argyropus Loew, 1848 and E. torsicus Grković & Vujić, 2015 are newly recorded from Iran. The illustrations of the male genitalia and images of the new species are provided.<br><br> https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_20501_deb65aba94010f86959e5f2fcd90da51.pdf