Taxonomic study of the subfamily Tachininae (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Northern Iran, with three genera and eleven new species records for the fauna of Iran

Seyyedi-Sahebari, Farnaz; Khaghaninia, Samad; Talebi, Ali Asghar

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.4.369

Taxonomic study of the subfamily Tachininae (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Northern Iran, with three genera and eleven new species records for the fauna of Iran

Document Type : Systematic Review

Authors

Farnaz Seyyedi-Sahebari ¹

Samad Khaghaninia ²

Ali Asghar Talebi ³

¹ Plant Protection Research Department, East Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 51664, Tabriz, Iran

³ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran

10.52547/jibs.5.4.369

Abstract

This study forms a review of the subfamily Tachininae in the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and northwestern Iran from 2010 to 2014. A total of 23 genera and 37 species belonging to 11 tribes of the subfamily Tachininae are reviewed. Among them, three genera and 11 species are new records to the fauna of Iran. The collected data of all species, together with their current general distribution and reported hosts are presented. Identification keys to the 23 genera and 37 species found in the studied regions are also provided.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

Diptera

parasitoid flies

Tachininae

new records

Northern Iran

Northwestern Iran

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