Review of Predatory Flies of the Family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in Iran

Abstract

The data on Dolichopodidae from Iran since 1913 are reviewed. Liancalus virens (Scopoli, 1763) is recorded for the first time for Iran. A list of Dolichopodidae of the country includes 114 species.

The mitochondrial genome of Rhaphium baihuashanum (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

“…It encoded 13 PCGs, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and the control region could not be sequenced entirely in this study, and were similar with related reports before (Kang et al. 2014 ; Li et al. 2016 ; Wang, Ding, et al.…”

New records of long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) for Iran

“…The specimens are deposited in ethyl alcohol in Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad Introduction Approximately 7600 described species and 250 genera of the long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae) are known in the world fauna [Grichanov, 2014]. The most recent Iranian list of these flies includes 114 species collected mainly from the north-west of Iran [Grichanov, 2016]. Available information about Dolichopodidae of the Central Iranian Markazi and Lorestan provinces has not been known before our investigations.…”

First record of a larva of the dipteran genus Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851 (Dolichopodidae) from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea

“…According to GRICHANOV (2018), the family Dolichopodidae now contains 252 extant and 27 fossil genera, and about 8211 species, including 230 doubtful species, distributed around the world. Dolichopodid adults and larvae are mainly predacious (GRICHANOV 2016a). CHENG (1976) studied the Diptera of marine environments and mentioned that some flies breed in the littoral or intertidal zone.…”