Dung flies fauna (Diptera: Scathophagidae) in East Azerbaijan province of Iran, with eight new records

Khaghaninia, Samad; Gharajedaghi, Yaser

doi:10.48311/jcp.2014.1136

Dung flies fauna (Diptera: Scathophagidae) in East Azerbaijan province of Iran, with eight new records

10.48311/jcp.2014.1136

Volume 3, Issue 3
September 2014

Pages 389-396

Authors

S. Khaghaninia

Y. Gharajedaghi

University of Tabriz, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, P. O. Box: 51664, Tabriz, I. R. Iran.

Abstract

Based on specimens collected from East Azerbaijan province during 2009-2012, five genera and nine species of the family Scathophagidae are recognized. Eight species including: Cordilura rufipes (Meigen, 1826), Gimnomera montana Ozerov et Krivosheina, 2013, Norellisoma spinimana (Fallén, 1819), Parallelomma albipes (Fallén, 1819), Scathophaga kaszabi (Šifner, 1975), Scathophaga lutaria (Fabricius, 1794), Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758), Scathophaga taeniopa (Rondani, 1867) and four genera (Cordilura Fallén, 1810, Gimnomera Rondani, 1866, Norellisoma Wahlgren, 1917, Parallelomma Becker, 1894)) are recorded from Iran for the first time. Photos and key to species of the family Scathophagidae occurring in this region are provided.

Keywords

Dung flies

Scathophagidae

new records

East Azerbaijan province

Iran

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