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Issue: Vol. 2627 No. 1: 27 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2627.1.1
Page range: 1–19
Abstract views: 45
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First record of the genus Empidideicus (Diptera: Bombylioidea: Mythicomyiidae) from Iran, with description of six new species

Dept. of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, P O. Box: 14115-336, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Dept. of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, P O. Box: 14115-336, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Dept. of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817-2704, USA
Dept. of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, P O. Box: 14115-336, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Agriculture Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran
Diptera Bombylioidea Mythicomyiidae Empidideicus taxonomy

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Empidideicus, E. amicus Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov., E. ebellicus Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov., E. greatheadi Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov., E. legulicoxa Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov., E. matricarius Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov., and E. persicus Gharali & Evenhuis, sp. nov. are described from the northern parts of Iran. A diagnostic key to Iranian species are presented. The subfamily Empidideicinae is recorded from Iran for the first time.

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