Faunistic survey of the subfamily Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the central and west parts of the Arasbaran forests with 4 species as new records for the fauna of Iran

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1 Ph.D., student of entomology, Tabriz University

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz

3 Associate professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University

Abstract

A faunistic study of long-legged flies' subfamily Dolichopodinae (Dip.; Dolichopodidae) was carried out in the central and west parts of Arasbaran forests during 2013. In this study 15 species belonging to five genera of this subfamily were collected and identified, including Dolichopus austriacus Parent, 1927, Dolichopus campestris Meigen, 1824, Dolichopus clavipes Haliday, 1832, Dolichopus longitarsis Stannius, 1831, Dolichopus signifier Haliday, 1832, Dolichopus simplex Meigen, 1824, Dolichopus subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976, Hercostomus fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851), Hercostomus gracilis (Stannius, 1831), Gymnopternus angustifrons (Staeger, 1842)*, Poecilobothrus bigoti Mik, 1883*, Poecilobothrus chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817), Poecilobothrus comitialis (Kowarz, 1867), Sybistroma crinipes Staeger, 1842*, Sybistroma clara (Negrobov & Onishchenko, 1991)*, among them four species are reported for the first time from Iran that are marked by asterisk. An identification key to the genera and species as well as their geographical distribution and diagnostic characters along with the photos of the newly recorded species to the fauna of Iran are given.

     A faunistic survey of long-legged flies' subfamily Dolichopodinae (Dip.; Dolichopodidae) was carried out in the central and west parts of Arasbaran forests during 2013. In this study 15 species belonging to five genera of this subfamily were collected and identified. These include Dolichopus austriacus Parent, 1927, Dolichopus campestris Meigen, 1824, Dolichopus clavipes Haliday, 1832, Dolichopus longitarsis Stannius, 1831, Dolichopus signifier Haliday, 1832, Dolichopus simplex Meigen, 1824, Dolichopus subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976, Hercostomus fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851), Hercostomus gracilis (Stannius, 1831), Gymnopternus angustifrons (Staeger, 1842)*, Poecilobothrus bigoti Mik, 1883*, Poecilobothrus chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817), Poecilobothrus comitialis (Kowarz, 1867), Sybistroma crinipes Staeger, 1842*, Sybistroma clara (Negrobov & Onishchenko, 1991)*. Four species new to Iran are indicated by an asterisk. An identification key to the genera and species as well as their geographical distribution and diagnostic characters along with the photos of the newly recorded species to the fauna of Iran are provided. 1832, Dolichopus longitarsis Stannius, 1831, Dolichopus signifier Haliday, 1832, Dolichopus simplex Meigen, 1824, Dolichopus subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976, Hercostomus fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851), Hercostomus gracilis (Stannius, 1831), Gymnopternus angustifrons (Staeger, 1842)*, Poecilobothrus bigoti Mik, 1883*, Poecilobothrus chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817), Poecilobothrus comitialis (Kowarz, 1867), Sybistroma crinipes Staeger, 1842*, Sybistroma clara (Negrobov & Onishchenko, 1991)* جمع­آوری و شناسایی گردید و در میان آنها چهار­ گونه که با ستاره مشخص شده‌اند برای اولین­بار از ایران گزارش می­شوند. کلید تفکیک جنس­ها و گونه­های شناسایی شده و نیز پراکنش جغرافیایی گونه­های مورد مطالعه ارائه شده است. همچنین ویژگی‎های افتراقی به همراه تصاویر گونه‎های جدید برای فون کشور آورده شده است.
 

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Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research
Volume 12, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
December 2014
Pages 20-29

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  • Receive Date: 13 April 2014
  • Revise Date: 05 January 2015
  • Accept Date: 19 June 2014

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