Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 from Iran (Diptera, Syrphidae) | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 9, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2022, Pages 483-512 PDF (13.36 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.3.483 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ebrahim Gilasian* 1; Jeroen van Steenis2; Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi3 | ||
| 1Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395–1454, Iran. | ||
| 2Syrphidae Foundation, Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands. | ||
| 3Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W.Neatby Building, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| View on Scopus Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 are here described from Iran. The new species and their four related groups are as follows: E. nadoosheni Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus barbarus group; E. pollinipedes Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus minotaurus group; E. effossus Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. similis Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus obliquus group, as well as E. intermedius Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. khiabani Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus ornatus group. In addition, the species E. argyropus Loew, 1848 and E. torsicus Grković & Vujić, 2015 are newly recorded from Iran. The illustrations of the male genitalia and images of the new species are provided. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Diptera; Hoverflies; new species; Syrphidae; Eristalinae; Merodontini; Taxonomy | ||
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