Journal of Crop Protection

Two new records of the genus Conophorus (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) from Iran

10.48311/jcp.2013.1074
Volume 2, Issue 1
March 2013
Pages 101-107
Journal of Crop Protection

Authors

S. Hakimian 1
A. A. Talebi 1
B. Gharali 2

1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Entomology, Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Shahid Beheshti Blvd. No. 118, P. O. Box: 34185- 618, Ghazvin, Iran

Abstract
The genus Conophorus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Conophorini) was studied in the north and northwestern parts of Iran. Three species of the genus Conophorus were identified; two of them are recorded for the first time from Iran, namely: C. pseudaduncus Paramonov, 1929 and C. rjabovi Paramonov, 1929, in addition to C. glaucescens (Loew, 1863), which was previously recorded in Iran. Morphological characters, geographical distributions, and an identification key for the three collected species are provided.

Keywords

Iran
new record
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Conophorus
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