Pseudodoros nigricollis Becker, 1903

Gilasian, Ebrahim, Vujić, Ante, Hauser, Martin & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2017, New data on the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Iran, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4303 (1), pp. 27-50 : 46

Pseudodoros nigricollis Becker, 1903

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Examined material. IRAN, Khuzestan province: 1 ♂, Dez National Park, Mianrood Sanctuary for Persian Fallow Deer , 32°06′24.5″N 48°26′16.8″E, 53 m, 11.iii–10.v.2015, Malaise trap, leg. M. Parchami-Araghi / E. Gilasian.

Remarks. This is the first record of the genus Pseudodoros Becker, 1903 from Iran. P. nigricollis species can be identified by the following combination of characters: eye bare; median facial black vitta narrower than flagellum; metasternum bare; postmetacoxal bridge incomplete; fore and mid tibiae predominantly yellow, with a median short black ring; abdominal tergites 2–4 with a pair of yellowish lateral maculae.

This genus, which has three species of two subgenera ( Dioprosopa and Pseudodoros ), is restricted to the Nearctic and Afrotropical regions as well as the Eastern Mediterranean countries. Pseudodoros (Pseudodoros) nigricollis , which was recently recorded from Cyprus, occurs only in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic regions ( Peck 1988; Kassebeer 2000; Van Eck & Makris 2016).

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FIGURES 1 – 4. Distribution of the examined material of the collected hoverfly species in Iran. 1: ■, Pocota hyrcanica Gilasian & Hauser sp. nov.; ●, Sphiximorpha ziegleri Gilasian & Vujić sp. nov. 2: ■, Barchypalpus valgus (Panzer); ●, Cheilosia vicina (Zetterstedt); ▲, Criorhina ranunculi (Panzer); ♦, Eristalis alpina (Panzer); ♣, Eristalis pertinax (Scopoli). 3: ■, Merodon brevis Paramonov; ●, Merodon quadrinotatus (Sack); ▲, Merodon serrulatus Wiedemann; ♦, Merodon schachti Hurkmans; ♣, Merodon vandergooti Hurkmans; ♠, Merodon velox Loew. 4: ■, Neoascia annexa (Müller); ●, Palumbia eristaloides (Portschinsky); ▲, Pseudodoros nigricollis Becker.