Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Sep 2022)

Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 from Iran (Diptera, Syrphidae)

  • Ebrahim Gilasian,
  • Jeroen van Steenis,
  • Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 483 – 512

Abstract

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View on Scopus Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 are here described from Iran. The new species and their four related groups are as follows: E. nadoosheni Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus barbarus group; E. pollinipedes Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus minotaurus group; E. effossus Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. similis Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus obliquus group, as well as E. intermedius Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. khiabani Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus ornatus group. In addition, the species E. argyropus Loew, 1848 and E. torsicus Grković & Vujić, 2015 are newly recorded from Iran. The illustrations of the male genitalia and images of the new species are provided.

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