Platycephala planifrons (FABRICIUS, 1798)

Khaghaninia, Samad & Namaki, Roya, 2015, Some of the grass flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) fauna of West Azarbaijan province - Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1573-1579 : 1575

Platycephala planifrons (FABRICIUS, 1798) ( Figs 4-6 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Urmia (Marmisho), 37°35.045'N, 44°38.130'E, 1353m (13), 25 May. 2014; leg. S. Khaghaninia.

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s: Body length 6-8 mm; color yellowish brown; ocellar triangle large, yellow with bleck central stripes; postpedicel elongated and rounded apically; mesonotum with three dark brown stripes, roughly punctured and separated by pale unpunctured stripes along dorsocentral lines; scutellum nearly squarish with dark brown central stripes; abdomen flattened.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Trans-Palearctic species, reported from the British Isles to Far East of Russia. More frequent in Asian (NARTSHUK & ANDERSSON 2013). New record species for Iran.

Figures

Figure 1-6: (1) Chlorops figuratus (Dorsal view); (2) Meromyza nigriventris (Dorsal view); (3) Meromyza saltatrix (Lateral view); 4-6) Platycephala planifrons: (4) Hypopygium, Dorsal view; (5) Dorsal view; (6) Lateral view.