New data on the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Iran, with descriptions of two new species
Gilasian, Ebrahim
Vujić, Ante
Hauser, Martin
Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad
Zootaxa
2017
4303
1
27
50
(Sack, 1931)
Sack
1931
[151,597,1695,1722]
Insecta
Syrphidae
Merodon
Animalia
Diptera
16
43
Arthropoda
species
quadrinotatus
Examinedmaterial. IRAN, Fars province: 2 ♀, Firouzabad, Meimand, Kuh-e Sefidar, 28°56′02.4″N 52°48′58.0″E, 2080 m, 9.iv.2006, leg. E. Gilasian.
Remarks.The females of M. quadrinotatusare distinguished from those of other Merodonspecies by the following combination of characters: body length at least 12 mm; antenna black; scutum with long blackish pile between wing bases; legs entirely black; mid coxa bare posteriorly; abdomen black, with blackish pile; tergites 3–4 with a pair of whitish medial patches of pile; abdominal tergites without pollinose fasciae. This species was collected on the southern slopes of Zagros Mountains. The female holotypeof this species is from Iraq. Hurkmans (1993)examined a second female from Turkey. To date the male remains unknown.
1585968353
2006-04-09
E. Gilasian.
Iran
Examined
2080
28.934
Meimand
1
52.81611
Firouzabad
16
43
2
2
Fars province