Study of the genera Laphria Meigen, 1803 and Pogonosoma Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae) in Iran, with two new species records for the country

Mohammadi, Rahman; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Fathipour, Yaghoub; Kazerani, Farzaneh

doi:10.48311/jcp.2018.1406

Study of the genera Laphria Meigen, 1803 and Pogonosoma Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae) in Iran, with two new species records for the country

https://doi.org/10.48311/jcp.2018.1406

Volume 7, Issue 4
December 2018

Pages 429-435

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

R. Mohammadi ¹

A. A. Talebi ¹

Y. Fathipour ¹

F. Kazerani ²

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

² Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The present study deals with the fauna of the genera Laphria Meigen, 1803 and Pogonosoma Rondani, 1856 in Iran. Specimens were collected, using Malaise traps, from Guilan and Mazandaran provinces during 2010-2012. Overall, four species were identified, of which the two species, Laphria caspica Hermann, 1906 and Pogonosoma unicolor Loew, 1873 are newly recorded from Iran. The diagnostic characters and supplementary photographs of the newly recorded species are provided.

Keywords

Asilidae

Laphriinae

Laphria

Pogonosoma

new records

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