Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan

Van Steenis, Jeroen; Gilasian, Ebrahim; Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed; Mortelmans, Jonas

doi:10.48311/jibs.12.01.175

Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan

Document Type : Full-length Research Article

Authors

Jeroen van Steenis ¹

Ebrahim Gilasian ²

Saeed Mohamadzade Namin ³

Jonas Mortelmans ⁴

¹ Syrphidae Foundation, Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

² Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395–1454, Iran

³ Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

⁴ Jutestraat 30, 9000 Gent, Belgium

10.48311/jibs.12.01.175

Abstract

The species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856, from Iran are reviewed. In this review, new records of three species are presented: Pipizella baybaurtica Claussen & Hayat, 1997, P. ochreobasalis van Steenis & Lucas 2011, and P. orientalis van Steenis & Lucas 2011. One new species, Pipizella barbata Mortelmans & van Steenis sp. nov., is described based on type specimens collected from Iran and Azerbaijan. In total, nine species are mentioned to occur in Iran, however some identifications might concern other species for which no material was available for this study. Therefore, the correct number of Iranian species of the genus Pipizella is not clear, but in this study, we present seven confirmed species. Photographs of the new species, illustrations of its male terminalia, as well as an identification key to the known Iranian species, are provided. Finally, a discussion about the Iranian fauna and the possible number of Pipizella species is given.

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