New records of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Central and North-Eastern Iran

During a 2016-2017 survey conducted in Isfahan, Lorestan, Markazi, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan and Tehran provinces located in the Central and North-Eastern Iran, about 1000 specimens of Dolichopodidae were collected and identified. Eight dolichopodid species [Dolichopus jaxartic...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta Biologica Sibirica
Main Authors: Grichanov, I. Ya., Ahmadi, A., Kosterin, O. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Altai State University 2017
Subjects:
Dolichopodidae
Iran
Isfahan
Lorestan
Markazi
North Khorasan
Razavi Khorasan
South Khorasan
Tehran
new records
Sibirica
Online Access:http://journal.asu.ru/biol/article/view/3636
https://doi.org/10.14258/abs.v3i4.3636
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Summary:During a 2016-2017 survey conducted in Isfahan, Lorestan, Markazi, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan and Tehran provinces located in the Central and North-Eastern Iran, about 1000 specimens of Dolichopodidae were collected and identified. Eight dolichopodid species [Dolichopus jaxarticus Stackelberg, 1927, Hydrophorus viridis (Meigen, 1824), Medetera diadema (Linnaeus, 1767), M. lamprostoma Loew, 1871, M. roghii Rampini et Canzoneri, 1979, Tachytrechus kowarzi Mik, 1864, Tachytrechus sogdianus Loew, 1871, and Thinophilus flavipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1843)] are recorded for the first time in Iran. Dolichopus subimmaculatus Kazerani, Pollet, Khaghaninia, 2017, is placed in synonymy with Dolichopus perversus Loew, 1871 (syn. nov.). Lectotype is designated for D. perversus.

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