NEW RECORDS OF LONG-LEGGED FLIES (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) FROM IRAN

Authors

  • Farzaneh Kazerani University of Tabriz, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, 51664, Tabriz
  • Samad Khaghaninia University of Tabriz, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, 51664, Tabriz
  • Ali Asghar Talebi Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Entomoogy, P.P Box 14115-336, Tehran
  • Yaser Gharajedaghi University of Tabriz, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, 51664, Tabriz
  • Igor Grichanov All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608 St. Petersburg, Pushkin

Abstract

In this study, the following six long-legged fly species (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) collected in the East Azerbaijan province during 2010-2013 are new records for the Iranian fauna: Chrysotimus molliculus (Fallén, 1823); Hercostomus apollo (Loew, 1869); Hydrophorus balticus (Meigen, 1824); Medetera meridionalis Negrobov, 1967; Orthoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763) and Poecilobothrus principalis (Loew, 1861). General geographic distribution of the species and supplementary figures are provided.

References

GRICHANOV, I.Ya., 2007. A checklist and keys to Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Caucasus and East Mediterranean. St. Petersburg: VIZR RAAS (Plant Protection News Suppl.), 160 pp.
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KAZERANI, F., KHAGHANINIA, S., TALEBI, A.A. & GRICHANOV, I.Ya., 2014. Annotated catalogue of Iranian long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). In: Kazerani, F., Khaghaninia, S., Talebi, A.A. & Grichanov, I.Ya., (eds.): 8th International Congress of Dipterology, Potsdam 2014, Abstracts Volume, p. 163.

NEGROBOV, O.P., 2010. Notes on the status of some species of the Medetera jacula group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa, 2417: 66-68.

YANG, D., ZHU, Y.J., WANG, M.Q. & ZHANG, L.L., 2006. World catalogue of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing, 704 pp.

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2014-12-30

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Vol. 19 No. 1/2 (2014)

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NEW RECORDS OF LONG-LEGGED FLIES (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) FROM IRAN. (2014). Acta Entomologica Serbica, 19(1/2), 25-32. http://147.91.73.126/index.php/aes/article/view/18

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