İran’ın Doğu Azerbaycan İli Mekidi Vadisi syrphid türleri (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Abstract

Syrphid fauna of Mekidi valley in Iran was studied during 2008- 2009. The specimens were collected using malaise trap as well as common entomological net in eighteen. Among of 274 collected specimens, 38 species belonging to 20 genera and two subfamilies were verified that all of them are as new records for studied region and a species, Chrysogaster virescens Loew, 1854, is a new record for the Iranian insect fauna.

Keywords

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Hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Mekidi Valley in East Azerbayjan Province, Iran

Öz

İran’da Mekidi Vadisi’nin syrphid faunası 2008-2009 yıllarında incelendi. Örnekler, malaise tuzağı ve atrap (18 türde) kullanılarak toplandı. Toplanan 274 örnekten, 20 cins ve iki altfamilyaya bağlı 38 tür belirlendi. Türlerin tamamı araştırma alanı, Chrysogaster virescens Loew, 1854 türü ise İran böcek faunası için yeni kayıttır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Fauna, Syrphidae, Mekidi Vadisi, İran

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