First record of Amictus pictus Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Cylleniinae) from Iran

Ali Talebi; Abbas Mohammadi Khoramabadi; Ehsan Rakhshani

doi:10.15560/8.4.774

Check List 8(4): 774-775, doi: 10.15560/8.4.774

First record of Amictus pictus Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Cylleniinae) from Iran

Saeedeh Hakimian, Ali Asghar Talebi, Babak Gharali

Corresponding author: Saeedeh Hakimian ( saeedeh_hakimian@fake_email.org )

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Citation: Talebi A, Khoramabadi A, Rakhshani E (2012) First record of Amictus pictus Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Cylleniinae) from Iran. Check List 8(4): 774-775. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.4.774

Abstract

Amictus pictus Loew, 1869 (Insecta: Diptera: Bombyliidae) is recorded here for the first time from Iran. The specimens were collected from northern Iran during 2010 and 2011. Morphological characters including female genitalia and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species are provided.

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