Faunistic study of the subfamilies Pangoniinae and Chrysopsinae (Dip., Tabanidae) of East Azarbaijan province-Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskishehr, Turkey.
Abstract
The subfamily Pangoniinae including the species Pangonius pyritosus Loew, 1859 as well as the species Chrysops hamatuus Loew, 1858 (Chrysopsinae) are recorded for the first time for Iranian fauna. Diagnostic characters besides supplementary photos of the new records are provided.
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