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Issue: Vol. 2764 No. 1: 14 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2764.1.4
Page range: 49–60
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Iran, with the description of a new species

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395–1454, Tehran, Iran
Siberian Zoological Museum, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia
Diptera Paragus Syrphidae taxonomy faunistics key hoverflies Paragus (Paragus) radjabii new species distributional map Iran

Abstract

A new species of the genus Paragus Latreille is described, Paragus (Paragus) radjabii sp. nov. It is similar to P. compeditus Wiedemann and P. hyalopteri Marcos-García & Rojo. The head, abdomen and male genitalia of the new species are figured. A list of the species of Paragus known from Iran is provided, along with a distributional map of the species in Iran.

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