The genus Dasydorylas Skevington in Iran, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Pipunculidae)

  • Behnam Motamedinia Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, PO Box 98615-53
  • Christian Kehlmaier Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Museum of Zoology, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden
  • Azizollah Mokhtari Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, PO Box 98615-53
  • Ehsan Rakhshani Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, PO Box 98615-53
  • Ebrahim Gilasian Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), 19395-1454, Tehran
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.362
Keywords: taxonomy, big-headed flies, Middle East, DNA barcoding, identification key

Abstract

The genus Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001 is recorded from two provinces in Iran (Sistan-o Baluchestan and Kermanshah Provinces). Dasydorylas derafshani sp. nov. and D. zardouei sp. nov. are illustrated and characterized morphologically and by DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial COI gene. Eudorylas antennalis Kapoor, Grewal & Sharma, 1987 is transferred to Dasydorlyas (comb. nov.). An existing identification key to the males of the western Palaearctic species of Dasydorylas is complemented to include the newly described species.

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Published
2017-10-26
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Motamedinia, B., Kehlmaier, C., Mokhtari, A., Rakhshani, E., & Gilasian, E. (2017). The genus Dasydorylas Skevington in Iran, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Pipunculidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (362). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.362
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No. 362 (2017): The genus Dasydorylas Skevington in Iran, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Pipunculidae)
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