Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

New records of the subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Iran

Authors
1 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and ExtensionOrganization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.
2 Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, 4115-336, Tehran, Iran.
3 Museum für naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany.
Abstract
In a taxonomic study of the subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae), seven species and the three genera Opesia Robineau-Desvoidy, Subclytia Pandellé and Xysta Meigen are recorded for the first time from Iran. The diagnostic characters, distributional data along with the photographs of species are presented. Taxonomical positions of the genera and species are discussed.

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New records of the subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Iran
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Volume 3, Issue 1
Winter 2017
Pages 7-19

  • Receive Date 23 December 2016
  • Revise Date 24 January 2017
  • Accept Date 07 February 2017
  • Publish Date 11 February 2017