1- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
2- Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P. O. Box: 1454-19395, Tehran, Iran
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A survey on the hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) fauna of northern Iran, between 2010 and 2011, led to the discovery of the species Pipiza accola Violovitsh, 1985. Both the genus and species are newly recorded from Iran. All the specimens were collected from Gilan and Mazandaran provinces, using Malaise traps. The diagnostic characters of P. accola and its geographical distribution is presented.
Received: 2012/08/17 | Accepted: 2012/09/22 | Published: 2012/09/22