Published August 28, 2018 | Version v1

A new record of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) for the fauna of Iran

  • 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran.
  • 2. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

Description

During the study of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) associated with colza (Brassica napus) fields in Sari (Mazandaran Province, Iran) in 2015–2016, a total of six species i.e. Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer), Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius), Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus), Paragus bicolor (Fabricius), Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus) and Platycheirus jaerensis Nielsen are recorded for this region. Among them, P. jaerensis Nielsen is newly recorded for the Iranian fauna.

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