The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Ebrahim Gilasian; Menno Reemer; Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6

The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Zootaxa. 2015 Dec 15;4058(1):112-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6.

Authors

Ebrahim Gilasian¹, Menno Reemer², Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi³

Affiliations

¹ Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.; Email: gilasian@iripp.ir.
² Naturalis Biodiversity Center, European Invertebrate Survey - the Netherlands, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.; Email: menno.reemer@naturalis.nl.
³ Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.; Email: maraghi20@yahoo.ca.

PMID: 26701510
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6

Abstract

Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. is described, based on a single female specimen from the Zagros mountains in Iran. Morphological variation among the members of the genus Metadon Reemer and their distribution in the world are discussed. Photographs of the new species are provided. The subfamily Microdontinae represents a new taxon for southwestern Asia and the genus Metadon is reported from the western Palaearctic region for the first time.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Diptera / growth & development
Female
Iran
Organ Size