Trichopsomyia ochrozona (Stackelberg, 1952) (Diptera: Syrphidae) recorded from Iran for the first time with a key to the West Palaearctic Trichopsomyia Williston, 1888 species |
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| Authors: | Jeroen van Steenis Babak Gharali Theo Zeegers Hussein Sadeghi Namaghi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands;2. Plant Protection Research Department, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Qazvin, Iran;3. Soest, The Netherlands;4. Deptartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran |
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| Abstract: | The hoverfly Trichopsomyia ochrozona (Stackelberg, 1952) (Diptera: Syrphidae) is recorded for the first time from Iran. An illustrated key to the West Palaearctic species of Trichopsomyia is presented. Illustrations of the puparium of Trichopsomyia joratensis Goeldin, 1997 and the larva and puparium of T. ochrozona are given and their larval and adult habitats are described. A short discussion is given on the known larval habitat of other West Palaearctic Trichopsomyia species. Some of the synonyms have been evaluated and Pipiza melancholica Meigen, 1822 is withdrawn from synonymy of Trichopsomyia flavitarsis (Meigen, 1822) and is considered as a junior synonym of Musca viduata Linnaeus, 1758 syn. nov. |
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| Keywords: | Hoverfly predatory larvae Hemiptera gall formers taxonomy new synonym |
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