Myolepta trojana Reemer & Hauser

Gilasian, Ebrahim, Reemer, Menno & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2016, Description of Myolepta pazukii Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. (Diptera: Syrphidae) with notes on the Iranian species of Myolepta Newman, Zootaxa 4103 (3), pp. 276-282 : 280

Myolepta trojana Reemer & Hauser

Material. IRAN: 3♂, Ilam province, North of Ilam, Tag Dalab Forest Park, 33˚44'08"N 046˚22'31"E, 1320 m, leg. B. Gharali; 1♀, Ilam province, Meimeh, Sarab Meimeh, 33˚13'52"N 046˚55'49"E, 1400 m, leg. B. Gharali.

Diagnosis. MALE. Face with a narrow black median stripe; third segment of antenna distinctly broadened towards apex; abdominal tergite 2 orange except for a median, longitudinal black stripe, tergite 3 with a pair of triangular lateral orange spots which do not reach the posterior margin; black median stripe on tergite 3 clearly wider than the median black stripe on tergite 2; tergite 4 entirely black; sternites 3–4 shining laterally; hypandrium with blunt, rounded inner projection in lateral view; lateral margins of hypandrium in ventral view distinctly broadened to apex. FEMALE. Third antennal segment relatively pointed downward; median frontal furrow wide, reaching ocellar triangle; anterior half of mesonotum with whitish hairs making about 45 degrees with surface; first two tarsomeres of mid tarsi and usually base of mid tibia orange; abdominal tergite 2 orange with a black, median hourglass-shaped stripe reaching posterior margin; tergites 3+4 entirely black; sternites 3+4 entirely dusted.