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
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