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Issue: Vol. 4269 No. 2: 22 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.3
Page range: 230–244
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the genus Cyrtosia Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Iran, with description of three new species

Plant Protection Research Department, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Qazvin, Iran.
Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817-2704, USA.
microbombyliids taxonomy key Diptera

Abstract

The genus Cyrtosia in Iran is reviewed and includes the description of three new species: C. bispermatheca sp. nov., C. baccadomus sp. nov. and C. zieglerii sp. nov. from northern Iran; and presents a key to species known to occur in Iran. Notes on C. meridionalis Rondani, 1863 and C. pusilla Loew, 1873, both previously recorded from Iran, are also provided.

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