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Issue: Vol. 5604 No. 4: 17 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.4.5
Page range: 529-541
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Three new species of the genus Empidideicus Becker, 1907 (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from Iran with the first record of the subgenus Cyrtoides Engel, 1933

Plant Protection Research Department; Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center; AREEO; Qazvin; Iran.
J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology; Bishop Museum; 1525 Bernice Street; Honolulu; Hawaii 96817-2704; USA.
Kian Mehr Co.; Kargar Str.; Rafsanjan City; Kerman.
Diptera Micro bee flies Palaearctic region Iran empidideicinae Taxonomy Cyrtoides

Abstract

Empidideicus (Empidideicus) ferrarius Gharali, Evenhuis & Moghbeli sp. nov.; Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) primitus Gharali, Evenhuis & Moghbeli sp. nov. and Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) reemeri Gharali & Evenhuis sp. nov. are described based on specimens collected from Iran by white pan trapping. Empidideicus primitus sp. nov. and E. reemeri sp. nov. mark the first records of the subgenus Cyrtoides from Iran, and with the description of these new species, the subgenus now contains five species in the World. Dichotomous keys to all species of the genus Empidideicus occurring in Iran and species of the subgenus Cyrtoides worldwide are presented.

 

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