Faunistic study of the subfamily Conopinae (Diptera: Conopidae) in Arasbaran forests, with two new records for Iranian fauna

10.48311/jcp.2014.1155
Volume 3, Issue 4
December 2014
Pages 459-465

Authors

University of Tabriz, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Tabriz 51664, Iran.

Abstract
The present paper deals with the fauna of the subfamily Conopinae in northwestern Iran. Specimens were collected, using insect net, from Arasbaran forest during 2010-2013. In total, six species belonging to two genera were identified, of which the two species, Conops longiventris Kröber, 1916 and Physocephala laticincta (Brulle, 1833), are new records from Iran. The diagnostic characters and supplementary photographs of the species are provided.

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