Cheilosia (Cheilosia) variabilis

• Main Authors: Khaganinia, S., Kazerani, F.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae; Cheilosia; Cheilosia variabilis; Vestnik; Fennoscandia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6467525; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6467525

Cheilosia (Cheilosia) variabilis (Panzer, 1798) (fig. 4, d–f) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Iran: East Azarbaijan Province, Osculu, 38°53.736´N, 46°48.860´E, 1859 m, 20.06.2011, 5 ♀; Aynali, 38°30.570´N, 46°37.391´E, 391 m; 15.07.2010, 1 Ơ, 3 ♀ (S. Khaghaninia). D i s t r i b u t i o n. From southern Fennoscandia southwards to Iberian Peninsula; from Ireland eastwards through Central and Southern Europe (Italy, former Yugoslavia) into Bulgaria, Turkey and Russia as far as western Siberia. Also in N Africa (Morocco); Iran (first record). D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Eye haired; antenna black (fig. 4, e), arista longer than two times as long as third antennal segment and with hairs longer than diameter of basal thickened part; face with distinct hairs on sides of facial knob; legs black (fig. 4, d); scutellar bristle long, at least as long as scutellum; halter pale brown in male; genitalia as in (fig. 4, f). Published as part of Khaganinia, S. & Kazerani, F., 2014, A Review Of The Genus Cheilosia (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Iran, pp. 401-410 in Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5) on pages 407-408, DOI:10.2478/vzoo-2014-0048, http://zenodo.org/record/6449149