New records of the scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Iran

Namaki Khameneh, Roya; Khaghaninia, Samad; Disney, R. Henry L.

doi:10.52547/jibs.4.3.147

New records of the scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Roya Namaki Khameneh ¹

Samad Khaghaninia ¹

R. Henry L. Disney ²

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, I.R. Iran.

² Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, U.K.

10.52547/jibs.4.3.147

Abstract

The faunistic study of the family Phoridae carried out in northwestern of Iran during 2013–2017. Five species (Conicera tibialis Schmitz, 1925, Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot, 1857), Gymnophora arcuata (Meigen, 1830), Metopina oligoneura (Mik, 1867) and Triphleba intermedia (Malloch, 1908)) are newly recorded from Iran. The genera Conicera Meigen, 1830, Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898, Gymnophora Macquart, 1835 and Triphleba Rondani, 1856 are reported for the first time from the country. Diagnostic characters of the studied species along with their photographs are provided.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

Phoridae

Conicera

Dohrniphora

Gymnophora

Triphleba

Iran

new records

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