The first report of six tachinid flies from Iran (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Abstract

During a faunal survey on the family Tachinidae in Fars province, six tachinid parasitoids belonging to the subfamilies Tachininae and Phasiinae were collected and identified. They are reported for the first time from Iran. The species are as follows: Linnaemya neavei Curran, Microcerophina planifacies Kugler, Phasia mesnili (Draber-Monko), Catharosia flavicornis (Zetterstedt), Leucostoma engeddense Kugler and Cylindromyia rufipes (Meigen).