Review of the Eumerus tricolor species group (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Iran, with description of six new species
Author
Gilasian, Ebrahim
A45912ED-BEEB-4733-AC6E-C22ACAFD6F63
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395 - 1454, Iran.
ebrahimgilasian@gmail.com;gilasian@iripp.ir
Author
Steenis, Jeroen van
C7F0D01C-B182-4B93-AF73-E4154367B535
Research Associate NBC-Naturalis, Leiden. % Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
jvansteenis@syrphidaeintrees.com
Author
Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad
2F788927-E377-471A-B658-9E86A41FC9CA
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395 - 1454, Iran.
maraghi20@yahoo.ca
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-11-02
722
106
152
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1139
2118-9773
4239287
90B3B475-49D9-4869-8F5F-A788DB880356
Eumerus falsus
Becker, 1922
Figs 3C
,
6C
,
13
E–F
Eumerus rubriventris
Becker, 1921: 67
(junior primary homonym of
Eumerus rubriventris
Macquart, 1829
)
Eumerus latifrons
Sack, 1932: 403
.
Eumerus zarudnyi
Stackelberg, 1949: 431
.
Eumerus rufiventris
Van Der
Goot, 1964: 218
.
Diagnosis
Eyes pilose (
Fig. 13
E–F), widely spaced, distance between eyes more than width of ocellar triangle (
Fig. 13E
); scutum and scutellum shiny metallic, weakly pollinose (
Fig. 3C
); scutum pilose with two bare longitudinal areas posteromedially; scutellum strongly arched basally in lateral view, more than half as high as long; legs predominantly black, tarsi and basal half of tibiae orange (
Fig. 6C
); metafemur slightly enlarged; metatarsus without dense thick black pile fringe; wing hyaline, almost entirely covered with microtrichia; abdominal terga II–III orange laterally.
Fig. 9.
Metaleg, lateral view.
A
.
Eumerus atricolorus
Gilasian & van Steenis
sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (HMIM).
B
.
E. brevipilosus
Gilasian & van Steenis
sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (HMIM).
C
.
E. brevipilosus
Gilasian & van Steenis
sp. nov.
, paratype, ♀ (HMIM).
D
.
E. chekabicus
Gilasian & van Steenis
sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (HMIM).
E
.
E. hissaricus
Stackelberg, 1949
, ♂, Ghoochan, Iran (HMIM).
F
.
E. ovoformus
Gilasian & van Steenis
sp. nov.
, holotype, ♂ (HMIM). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
Material examined
Holotype
ISRAEL
•
♀
; “Carmel / 45576 IV //
Typus
[red label] //
rubriventris
/ Becker //
Eumerus falsus
/ Beck. /
Stackelberg
det. ‘[19]59 // Zool. Mus. / Berlin //
Holotype
♀
/
Eumerus rubriventris
/
Becker, 1921
/ det
J. van Steenis
, 2016 [red label]”;
ZMHB
.
Other material
IRAN
•
1 ♂
; “
IRAN
:
Markazi prov.
,
Haftad
/
Gholleh Protected Area
, /
Chekab Valley
,
2219m
, /
34°07′05.3″N
,
050°16′25.3″E
, /
28.V–15.VI.2016
,
Malaise trap
/
near pool
,
E. Gilasian
& M. / Pargami- Araghi”;
HMIM
.
Distribution
Central Asia,
Iran
(
Lorestan prov.
, Alishtar;
Markazi prov.
),
Israel
, Transcaucasia,
Turkey
(
Stackelberg 1949
;
Peck 1988
).