Author/Authors :
Hakimian، Saeedeh نويسنده Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. , , Talebi، Ali Asghar نويسنده Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-336, Tehran, Iran. , , Gharali، Babak نويسنده Department of Entomology, Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Shahid Beheshti Blvd. No. 118, P. O. Box: 34185- 618, Ghazvin, Ira , , Khayrandish، Mohammad نويسنده Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran. ,
Abstract :
The genus Exoprosopa Macqurt, 1840 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Anthracinae) was studied in the north central Iran. Four species of the genus Exoprosopa were identified of which E. minos (Meigen,1804) and E. grandis (Pallas, 1818) were previously recorded from northern parts of Iran ( or north of Iran ) and two species namely E. efflatounbeyi Paramonov, 1928 and E. altaica Paramonov, 1925 are newly recorded from Iran. A key to the species in north central Iran is provided. Morphological diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the collected species are briefly discussed.
