Author/Authors :
Kazerani، Farzaneh نويسنده Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. , Tarbiat Modares University , Talebi، Ali Asghar نويسنده Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. , , Gilasian، Ebrahim نويسنده Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P. O. Box: 1454-19395, Tehran, Iran. , , Khayrandish، Mohammad نويسنده Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran. ,
Abstract :
A survey was conducted on the fauna of the hover flies in Northern Iran in 2011. Among the collected and identified material, the genus Temnostoma Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 represented by a single species, T. vespiforme (Linnaeus, 1758) is newly detected in Iran. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species is briefly discussed.
