Preliminary study of Lauxaniid flies (Diptera: Luxaniidae) of Horand in the East Azerbaijan province with two new records for the Iranian fauna

10.48311/jcp.2014.1161
Volume 3, Issue 4
December 2014
Pages 523-529

Authors

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

2 Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Abstract
In order to identify the species of the family Lauxaniidae, a study was conducted in Horand region located in Northern part of East Azerbaijan province, Iran, during 2011-2013. A total of six species belonging to three genera were identified, including Calliopum caucasicum (Shatalkin, 1995) and Minettia lupulina (Fabricius, 1787) newly reported from Iran. The diagnostic characters, geographical distribution and photos of the studied species are given.

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