Title of article :
New data on the subfamily Exoristinae (Diptera, Tachinidae) from northern Iran, with 11 genera and 15 new records of species for the country
Author/Authors :
Seyyedi-Sahebari ، Farnaz lant Protection Research Department - East Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research Education And Extention Organization (AREEO) , Khaghaninia ، Samad Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - University of Tabriz , Talebi ، Ali Asghar Department of Entomology - Faculty of Agriculture - Tarbiat Modares University
Abstract :
The fauna of the subfamily Exoristinae (Diptera, Tachinidae) was studied in northern Iran. A total of 29 species within 26 genera and 6 tribes have been collected and identified. Among them 11 genera and 15 species are newly recorded for Tachinidae fauna of Iran: Admontia blanda (Fallén, 1820), Bessa parallela (Meigen, 1824), Blepharipa pratensis (Meigen, 1824), Ceracia mucronifera Rondani, 1865, Exorista rustica (Fallen, 1810), Gonia ornata Meigen, 1826, Gonia vacua Meigen, 1826, Medina collaris (Fallén, 1820), Paratryphera barbatula (Rondani, 1859), Neophryxe vallina (Rondani, 1861), Ocytata pallipes (Fallén, 1820), Pachystylum bremii Macquart, 1848, Pales pavida (Meigen, 1824), Phorinia aurifrons Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Platymyia fimbriata Meigen, 1824. The collected and distribution data, diagnoses, illustrations of the new records, and host information are provided.
Keywords :
tachinid flies , parasitoid , new records , northern Iran
