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Issue: Vol. 2979 No. 1: 28 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2979.1.2
Page range: 25–40
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A review of the genus Platypygus Loew (Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Iran, with notes on Cyrtisiopsis maculiventris (Loew) n. comb.

Dep. of Entomology, Ghazvin Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, P. O. Box: 34185-618, Shahid Beheshti Blvd., No. 118, Ghazvin, Iran
Dept. of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 96817-2704, USA
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
Diptera Platypygus Cyrtisiopsis Platypyginae Mythicomyiidae taxonomy Iran

Abstract

The genus Platypygus Loew, 1844 in Iran is reviewed. Platypygus kurdorum Paramonov and P. melinoproctus Loew are redescribed and a new species, Platypygus titanomedea sp. nov., is described and illustrated. A diagnostic key to species of Platypygus and Cyrtisiopsis in Iran is provided and variability of some characters in genus Platypygus is briefly discussed. As a result of this study, Platypygus maculiventris Loew is transferred to the genus Cyrtisiopsis Séguy.

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