Published November 20, 2018 | Version v1

New records of the scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Iran

  • 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, I.R. Iran.
  • 2. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, U.K.

Description

The faunistic study of the family Phoridae carried out in northwestern of Iran during 2013–2017. Five species (Conicera tibialis Schmitz, 1925, Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot, 1857), Gymnophora arcuata (Meigen, 1830), Metopina oligoneura (Mik, 1867) and Triphleba intermedia (Malloch, 1908)) are newly recorded from Iran. The genera Conicera Meigen, 1830, Dohrniphora Dahl, 1898, Gymnophora Macquart, 1835 and Triphleba Rondani, 1856 are reported for the first time from the country. Diagnostic characters of the studied species along with their photographs are provided.

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