Faunistic study of the superfamily Bombylioidea (Diptera: Brachycera) in Alborz province- Iran, with a key to the species of Mythicomyiidae known from Iran

Abdolahi Mesbah, Rahim; Nozari, Jamasb; Gharali, Babak; Mirzaei, Mostafa

doi:10.48311/jcp.2015.1202

Faunistic study of the superfamily Bombylioidea (Diptera: Brachycera) in Alborz province- Iran, with a key to the species of Mythicomyiidae known from Iran

Authors

Rahim Abdolahi Mesbah ¹

Jamasb Nozari ¹

Babak Gharali ²

Mostafa Mirzaei ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

² Department of Plant Protection, Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Qazvin, Iran.

10.48311/jcp.2015.1202

Abstract

The fauna of the superfamily Bombylioidea was studied in Alborz province, Iran during 2012. Two families (Bombyliidae and Mythicomyiidae), eight genera and ten species were identified, of which two species, Exoprospora dispar Loew, 1869; Parageron lutescens (Bezzi, 1925), are new records for the Iranian fauna. An identification key for the species of the family Mythicomyiidae known from Iran is given.

Keywords

Bombylioidea

Alborz

fauna

Iran