<strong>The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of <em>Metadon</em> Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)</strong>

EBRAHIM GILASIAN; MENNO REEMER; MEHRDAD PARCHAMI-ARAGHI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6

Issue: Vol. 4058 No. 1: 15 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6

Page range: 112–118

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**The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)**

EBRAHIM GILASIAN⁺⁻
MENNO REEMER⁺⁻
MEHRDAD PARCHAMI-ARAGHI⁺⁻

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, European Invertebrate Survey – the Netherlands, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.

Diptera hover flies Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. Persia

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Abstract

Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. is described, based on a single female specimen from the Zagros mountains in Iran. Morphological variation among the members of the genus Metadon Reemer and their distribution in the world are discussed. Photographs of the new species are provided. The subfamily Microdontinae represents a new taxon for southwestern Asia and the genus Metadon is reported from the western Palaearctic region for the first time.