NEW RECORDS OF LONG-LEGGED FLIES (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) FROM IRAN

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Farzaneh Kazerani
Samad Khaghaninia
Ali Asghar Talebi
Yaser Gharajedaghi
Igor Grichanov

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In this study, the following six long-legged fly species (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) collected in the East Azerbaijan province during 2010-2013 are new records for the Iranian fauna: Chrysotimus molliculus (Fallén, 1823); Hercostomus apollo (Loew, 1869); Hydrophorus balticus (Meigen, 1824); Medetera meridionalis Negrobov, 1967; Orthoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763) and Poecilobothrus principalis (Loew, 1861). General geographic distribution of the species and supplementary figures are provided.

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Kazerani, F., Khaghaninia, S., Asghar Talebi, A., Gharajedaghi, Y., & Grichanov, I. (2014). NEW RECORDS OF LONG-LEGGED FLIES (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) FROM IRAN. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 19(1/2), 25-32. Retrieved from https://aes.bio.bg.ac.rs/index.php/aes/article/view/18
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