First records of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Fars Province of Iran

Abstract

This paper provides data on distribution of 9 long-legged fly species (Diptera, Brachycera, Dolichopodidae) belonging to 6 genera from Fars province, southern Iran. Four species, Asyndetus albifrons Loew, 1869, Asyndetus chaetifemoratus Parent, 1925, Medetera media Parent, 1925 and Sciapus adumbratus (Becker, 1902) are newly added to the Iranian insect fauna. In addition, available information for each species and comments on geographical distribution and taxonomy are also included.

A faunistic study of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Brachycera) in Fars Province of Iran

“…The present study continues a series of publications dealing with the family Dolichopodidae in southern Iran (Rezaei et al 2019;Grichanov and Rezaei 2019). The aim of the current work is to improve our knowledge of the Iranian fauna of the fly family Dolichopodidae.…”

“…REMARKS. The species was the most abundant in all localities (see also Rezaei et al 2019). DISTRIBUTION.…”

“…REMARKS. The species was recorded from Dalin locality of the Fars province by single male (Rezaei et al 2019). DISTRIBUTION.…”

“…Afrotropical: Oman, United Arab Emirates; Palaearctic: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkmenistan. The species single male was recorded from Dalin locality of the Fars Province(Rezaei et al 2019). Syntormon Loew, 1857Syntormon aff.…”

Dolichopodidae abundance in different cover crop species

“…These biological control agents feed on a range of arthropods (ULRICH, 2004), which characterizes their importance in agroecosystems (BOONE et al, 2008;LUNDGREN et al, 2014;CICERO et al,2017). Although, this family is still poorly studied, its occurrence has been reported worldwide (BICKEL,2015;BICKEL et al, 2016;REZAEI ET al, 2019;NEGROBOV et al, 2020;RUNYON, 2020).…”