Cheilosia (Cheilosia) ruralis

Cheilosia (Cheilosia) ruralis (Meigen, 1822) (fig. 3, d–f)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Iran: East Azarbaijan Province, Horand, 38°55.985´N, 47°18.034´E, 1288 m, 01.07.2010, 2 ♀ (S. Khaghaninia).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From Fennoscandia southwards to Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean region (including Crete); from Britain eastwards through Central and Southern Europe to the Balkans and Turkey; Northern Africa; Iran (Gilasian, 2005).

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Eye with short white hairs in dorsal half; face without distinct hairs (fig. 3, e) (microtrichia not taken into account); parafacial without pruinosity, lustrous; mesoscutum with short hairs; femora entirely yellow in female; All tibiae with more or less wide black ring; at least first and second segments of mid tarsus or bases of tibiae yellow (fig. 3, f); posterior margin of scutellum with hairs, without strong black or yellow bristles; abdomen with recumbent hairs medially (fig. 3, d).