van Steenis, Jeroen, Gilasian, Ebrahim, Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed, Mortelmans, Jonas (2026). Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan. , 12(1), 175-191. doi: 10.48311/jibs.12.01.175
Jeroen van Steenis; Ebrahim Gilasian; Saeed Mohamadzade Namin; Jonas Mortelmans. "Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan". , 12, 1, 2026, 175-191. doi: 10.48311/jibs.12.01.175
van Steenis, Jeroen, Gilasian, Ebrahim, Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed, Mortelmans, Jonas (2026). 'Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan', , 12(1), pp. 175-191. doi: 10.48311/jibs.12.01.175
van Steenis, Jeroen, Gilasian, Ebrahim, Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed, Mortelmans, Jonas Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan. , 2026; 12(1): 175-191. doi: 10.48311/jibs.12.01.175

Review of the Iranian species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Azerbaijan

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Volume 12, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 175-191    PDF (2.7 M)
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: 10.48311/jibs.12.01.175
Authors
Jeroen van Steenis* 1; Ebrahim Gilasian2; Saeed Mohamadzade Namin3; Jonas Mortelmans4
1Syrphidae Foundation, Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
2Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395–1454, Iran
3Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
4Jutestraat 30, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Abstract
The species of the genus Pipizella Rondani, 1856, from Iran are reviewed. In this review, new records of three species are presented: Pipizella baybaurtica Claussen & Hayat, 1997, P. ochreobasalis van Steenis & Lucas 2011, and P. orientalis van Steenis & Lucas 2011. One new species, Pipizella barbata Mortelmans & van Steenis sp. nov., is described based on type specimens collected from Iran and Azerbaijan. In total, nine species are mentioned to occur in Iran, however some identifications might concern other species for which no material was available for this study. Therefore, the correct number of Iranian species of the genus Pipizella is not clear, but in this study, we present seven confirmed species. Photographs of the new species, illustrations of its male terminalia, as well as an identification key to the known Iranian species, are provided. Finally, a discussion about the Iranian fauna and the possible number of Pipizella species is given.
Keywords
Palaearctic; Hoverflies; Taxonomy; New species; Identification key
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