Namaki khameneh R, Khaghaninia S, L. Disney R H. Records of species of Megaselia Rondani 1856 (Diptera: Phoridae) from West Azerbaijan province including new records for Iran. JCP 2019; 8 (2) :235-242
URL:
http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-24292-en.html
1- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
2- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. , skhaghaninia@gmail.com
3- Department of Zoology. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Abstract: (1885 Views)
Among specimens collected from West Azerbaijan province- Iran, during 2011-2017, fourteen species of the genus Megaselia Rondani 1856 were identified. Twelve species (Megaselia aculeate (Schmitz, 1919), M. annulipes (Schmitz, 1921), M. brevicostalis (Wood, 1910), M. giraudii (Egger, 1862), M. hendersoni Disney, 1979, M. hirticaudata (Wood, 1910), M. meconicera (Speiser, 1925), M. minuta (Aldrich, 1892), M. pleuralis (Wood, 1909), M. plurispinulosa (Zetterstedt, 1860), M. subnudipennis (Schmitz, 1919) and M. verralli (Wood, 1910)) are being newly reported from Iran. A key to the studied species along with their geographical distributions and supplementary figures are given.
Article Type:
Original Research |
Subject:
Insect Systematics Received: 2018/08/20 | Accepted: 2019/06/10 | Published: 2019/06/15