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Issue: Vol. 5380 No. 5: 4 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.5.6
Page range: 491-497
Abstract views: 264
PDF downloaded: 14

A new bee fly species of the genus Phthiria (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Phthiriinae, Phthiriini) from the west of Iran

Department of Plant Protection; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; University of Tehran; 31587-77871 Karaj; Iran
Plant Protection Research Department; Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center; AREEO; Qazvin; Iran
Plant Protection Research Department; Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center; AREEO; Qazvin; Iran
Diptera Bombyliidae Iran Hamedan province Phthiria bee flies

Abstract

Phthiria portokali sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the west of Iran based on specimens collected by white pan traps. The new species is unique in having a large tortoise-shell-shaped orange pattern on the dorsum of the mesonotum of the female specimens. This character has not been seen among the other species described from the Palaearctic Region.

 

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