New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 5, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 207-218 PDF (9.42 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Gholamhossein Moravvej* 1; Minoo Heidari Latibari1; Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam2 | ||
| 1Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. | ||
| 2Yas com., Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| View on Scopus This paper presents new information on black fungus gnats (Sciaridae) based on field studies at seven localities in Iran. Five sciarid species from the genera Bradysia Winnertz, Corynoptera Winnertz and Lycoriella Frey were collected with Malaise traps, yellow sticky traps, sweep net and an aspirator between 2015 and 2021: Bradysia cellarum Frey, 1948; B. ocellaris (Comstock, 1882); B. tilicola (Loew, 1850); Corynoptera fatigans (Johannsen, 1912); Lycoriella sativae (Johannsen, 1912). All species are first records for the Sistan and Baluchestan province. Bradysia tilicola (Loew) is new to Iran and was recorded for the first time in the Middle East. This brings the number of known sciarid species from Iran to seven. For five species are given a short morphological diagnosis and the global distribution. A map illustrates the distribution of all identified sciarid species in Iran. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Black fungus gnats; Asia; Middle East; Iran; diversity; distribution; new record | ||
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