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Issue: Vol. 3947 No. 1: 14 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.6
Page range: 99–108
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

A revision of the genus Pelecocera Meigen with the description of the male of pelecocera persiana Kuznetzov from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz–Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, D–53113 Bonn, Germany.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14118–336, Tehran, Iran.
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, 1454–19395, Tehran, Iran.
Eristalinae identification key male description Rhingiini lectotype designation

Abstract

The genus Pelecocera Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) is revised. Type material of most species was studied to describe, illustrate and delimit the male of Pelecocera persiana Kuznetzov, recently discovered from Iran. This is the first known specimen of this species since 1914, when the type female was collected. The diagnostic characters of P. persiana are provided, along with an identification key for Pelecocera species. The lectotype of Pelecocera latifrons Loew is designated.