Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

Review of Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae, Pipunculinae) from Iran with four new species records

Authors
Behnam Motamedinia 1, 2
Azizollah Mokhtari 1
Azizollah Mokhtari 1
Ehsan Rakhshani 1
Ebrahim Gilasian 3
1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615-538, I.R. Iran
2 Plant Protection Research Department, South Khorasan Agricultural and Natural Resources, Research and Education Center, AREEO, Birjand, Iran.
3 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and ExtensionOrganization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.
10.52547/jibs.3.4.335
Abstract
The Iranian fauna of Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae) is reviewed. The new material were collected in Western (Kermanshah) and Eastern (North Khorasan, Khorasan-e Razavi, South Khorasan, Sistan-o Baluchestan) provinces during 2015–2016. In total, twenty species of Eudorylini belonging to four genera known from Iran are listed. Four species, Claraeola conjuncta (Collin, 1949), Clistoabdominalis nitidifrons (Becker, 1900), Dasydorylas discoidalis (Becker, 1897) and Eudorylas jenkinsoni Coe, 1966 are newly recorded from Iran. A brief diagnosis is presented for the newly recorded species.

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Review of Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae, Pipunculinae) from Iran with four new species records
Keywords
big-headed flies
fauna
Taxonomy
distribution
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Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Volume 3, Issue 4
Autumn 2017
Pages 335-346

  • Receive Date 25 September 2017
  • Revise Date 30 October 2017
  • Accept Date 15 November 2017
  • Publish Date 16 November 2017