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Issue: Vol. 4387 No. 1: 26 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.1.10
Page range: 195–200
Abstract views: 57
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A study of the genus Cyrtosia Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Yazd province, Iran, with description of a new species

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agronomy Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agronomy Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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.
Diptera Cyrtosia Platypyginae Mythicomyiidae new species Yazd Iran

Abstract

The genus Cyrtosia Perris (Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) was studied in Yazd province in the center of Iran. Three species were collected and identified. A new species, Cyrtosia trivitta sp. nov., is described and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. This species is clearly different from all described species of Cyrtosia in Iran by presence of three black longitudinal stripes on mesonotum, leaving prescutellar area yellow opposite to the other species that have a large seamless black mark.

 

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