Faunistic survey of the family Lauxaniidae in Arasbaran Forests

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    Lauxaniidae is a rather large and diverse family in the world. In order to collecting and identifying species of this family in Arasbaran Forests, a study was conducted in 2013. In this study 6 species belonging to 4 genera were collected of which 2 genera and 4 species are reported for the first time from Iran. Lauxania Latreille, 1804and Tricholauxania Henddl, 1925 are two new genera and the four species include Lauxania (Callixania) minor (Martinek, 1974), Meiosimyza brachychaeta (Shatalkin, 1993), M. pectinifera (Shatalkin, 1993) and T. claripennis (E. Remm, 1991). Distinct morphological characters as well as geographical distribution and photos of the new records to the fauna of Iran are also provided.

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  • Receive Date: 13 April 2014
  • Revise Date: 17 June 2015
  • Accept Date: 17 December 2014

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