A new record of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) for the fauna of Iran
نویسندگان
1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran.
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran.
doi
10.52547/jibs.4.2.85چکیده
During the study of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) associated with colza (Brassica napus) fields in Sari (Mazandaran Province, Iran) in 2015–2016, a total of six species i.e. Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer), Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius), Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus), Paragus bicolor (Fabricius), Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus) and Platycheirus jaerensis Nielsen are recorded for this region. Among them, P. jaerensis Nielsen is newly recorded for the Iranian fauna.
