• Title of article

    Records of species of Megaselia Rondani 1856 (Diptera: Phoridae) from West Azerbaijan province including new records for Iran

  • Author/Authors

    Namaki khameneh, Roya Department of Plant Protection - University of Tabriz , Khaghaninia, Samad Department of Plant Protection - University of Tabriz , Disney, R. Henry L Department of Zoology - University of Cambridge - UK

  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    235
  • To page
    242
  • Abstract
    Among specimens collected from West Azerbaijan province- Iran, during 2011-2017, fourteen species of the genus Megaselia Rondani 1856 were identified. Twelve species (Megaselia aculeate (Schmitz, 1919), M. annulipes (Schmitz, 1921), M. brevicostalis (Wood, 1910), M. giraudii (Egger, 1862), M. hendersoni Disney, 1979, M. hirticaudata (Wood, 1910), M. meconicera (Speiser, 1925), M. minuta (Aldrich, 1892), M. pleuralis (Wood, 1909), M. plurispinulosa (Zetterstedt, 1860), M. subnudipennis (Schmitz, 1919) and M. verralli (Wood, 1910)) are being newly reported from Iran. A key to the studied species along with their geographical distributions and supplementary figures are given.
  • Keywords
    Phoridae , Megaselia , New records , West Azarbaijan province , Iran
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Record number

    2493729