Additions to the Pipunculidae fauna of Iran, with the description of a new species of Tomosvaryella (Insecta: Diptera)

Abstract

We present new records of Pipunculidae from western and north-western Iran, including the description of Tomosvaryella subsylvatica sp. n. and another eleven species new to the national fauna, which currently comprises 33 species.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C537D120-D296-4CE9-86A1-9F6482D4FD1D

Keywords:

• Diptera
• Pipunculidae
• big-headed flies
• Iran
• new species

Additional information

Funding

We would like to thank the University of Tabriz, Iran, for financial support of this study.