Two new records of the family Syrphidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Iran

Authors
Elahe Shojaei Hesari
Shahrokh Pashaei Rad
Morteza Seifalah-zade
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
10.48311/jcp.2016.1318
Abstract
During 2010–2011, a faunistic study of the family Syrphidae was carried out in Torbat Heydarie, Roshtkhar and Khaf (Razavi Khorasan province), northeastern Iran. Among the collected specimens, we found two species, Paragus gussakovskii Bańkowska and Platycheirus immarginatus Zetterstedt which are new records for the fauna of Iran.
Keywords
Hoverflies
new record
Razavi Khorasan province
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