Hover flies of Khaf city in South-east of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 5، دوره 12، شماره 2، مرداد 2016، صفحه 191-201   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v12i2.41101

نویسندگان

Elahe Shojaei Hesari؛ Shahrokh Pashaie Rad؛ Morteza Seifalah Zade Zooeram^*

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

چکیده

In this article the fauna of the hoverflies in South-east of Razavi Khorasan Province has been identified during 2010-2011. The species were collected by sweeping net on various flowering plants. Among of 231 collected specimens, 17 species belonging to 10 genera and two subfamilies were verified. That all of them were newly recorded for the khaf region. Eumerus ornatus (Meigen, 1822) was a new record for the fauna of Razavi Khorasan Province.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Khaf city؛ Razavi Khorasan Province؛ Syrphidae, Iran

مراجع

.Ahmadian, S.A., Pashaei Rad, Sh., 2012. For species Metasyrphuslatilunulatus, Chrysogasterhirtlla, Merodonelegansand Eumerusornatus(Diptera: Syrphidae) newly reported from Iran. Journal of Animal Environment 4, 79-84.

 

Amirimoghadam, F., 2004. Survey of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Kashmar&Bardaskan[in Persian with English summary]. M.Sc. Dissertation, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, pp. 141.

 

Ashrafi, F., Pashaei Rad, Sh., 2010. A new record of the subfamily Syrphinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) for the Iranian fauna. Zoology in the Middle East 51, 119-20.

 

Bei- Bienko, G., 1988. Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR. Volume V. Diptera and Siphonaptera. Part II. Smithonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation Washington, D.C. 10, 148.

 

Cruz De Boelpaepe, M.O. 1991. Seasonal fluctuations of entomophagous insects captured by traps in several habitats on Sao Miguel Island, Azores. ArquipelagoCiencias Da Natureza, 9: 11- 23.

 

Dousti, A.F., Hayat R., 2006. A catalogue of the Syrphidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Iran. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 8, 5-38.

 

Ehteshamnia, N., Khaghaninia, S., and FarshbafPourabad, R., 2010. Some Hoverflies of subfamily Syrphinae of Qurigol fauna in East Azerbayjan Province, Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae).Mun. Ent. Zool, Vol5, No.2.499.

 

Jalilian, F.2014. Evaluation of population fluctuation of predacious species of syrphid flies (Dip:Syrphidae) on Cabbage aphid Brevicorynebrassicaein rapeseed fields. Agricultural Pest Management.1(1).46-54.

 

Gharali, B., Alichi, M., and Radjabi, Gh., 2000 The new records of syrphid flies (Diptera:Syrphidae). Proceedings of the 14th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. I, Pests,pp. 348.

 

Gilasian, E., 2005. New record of one genus and six species of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25, 75-76.

 

Gilasian, E., 2007. Study on Tribe Syrphini in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 27, 1, 86-107.

 

Hosseini, M., Sadeghi, H., 2007. Diversity of Syrphidae (Diptera) in agroecosystems of Neyshabor region. Plant Protection Journal.Vol22, No2, 85-93.

 

Kazerani, F., Talebi, A.A., Gilasian, E., and Van Steenis, J.,2012. New record of SpilomyiatriangulateVan Steenis, 2000 (Diptera:syrphidae) from Iran. Actaentomolicaserbica 17, 39-44.

 

Kazerani, F., Talebi, A.A., Gilasian, E., and Khayrandish, M.,2014. New record of the genus and species Temnostomavespiforme(Diptera:Syrphidae) from Iran. Journal of Crop Portection 3, 69-73.

 

Kayvanfar N. and Sadeghi N.H., 2002. Numerical Classification of 10 Genera of Syrphidae in Mashhad and suburb, 15th Iranian plant protection Congress, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, 7-11.

 

Kayvanfar N., Bagherian A.,2005. A Cladistic Study of the Genera of Syrphidae, the second conference of applied Biology Azad University of Karaj, Iran.

 

Kayvanfar N., Bagherian A., 2006. A Morphological Study of Syrphidae in Mashhad, Iranian Journal of Biology (IJB), Vol. 18, No. 4.

 

Kevan, P. G. & H. G. Baker, 1983.Insects as flower visitors and pollinators.Annu. Rev. Entomol. 28: 407- 453.

 

Khaghaninia, S., 2010. Faunistic study on flower flies of Zunuz region in East Azerbaijanprovince-Iran. Munis Entomology and Zoology journal 5, 586-93.

 

Musavian, M., 2001. Survey of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Mashhad [in Persian with English summary]. M.Sc. Dissertation, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, pp. 130.

 

Padhakrishnan, B. Muraleedharan, N.1993. Bioecology of six species of syrphid predators of the tea aphid, Toxopteraaurantii(Boyer De Fonscolombe) in southern India.Entomon, 18:175-180.

 

Sadeghi, H. 2001. Hoverfly larvae in aphids colonies. The Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Syrphidae .July, 6-8th, Stuttgart, Germany.

 

Sadeghi, H. 2002. Hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) fauna in Mashad region and a key to the genera.J.Agric,Sci.Natur.Resour.,Vol9(3).

 

Sadeghi, H., Keyvanfar, N., andMojtahedzadeh, K., 2002. Hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) fauna in Mashad region. Proceedings of the 16th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. I, Pests, pp. 169.

 

Sadeghi, N. H. and Kayvanfar N., 2002.Syrphidae (Diptera) fauna in Mashhad region, 15th Iranian plant protection Congress, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran 7-11.

 

Sadeghi, H. 2003. A Check list of Iranian Hover flies(Diptera: Syrphidae). The Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Syrphidae. June, 16-19th , Alicante University, Spain.

 

Sadeghi, H., Kayvanfar N., Jajvandian R. 2006. An introduction to Syrphidae: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Publication (In Persian). Son bole press.236 pages.

 

Sommaggio, D., 1999. Syrphidae: can they be used as an environmental bioindicators?Agriculture,Ecosystems & Environmental 74, 343-56.

 

Sorokina, V.S., 2009. Hover Flies of the Genus ParagusLatr. (Diptera, Syrphidae) of Russia and Adjacent Countries.Entomological Review 89, 351-66.

 

Speight, M.C.D., 2010. Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera) 2010. In: Speight, M.C.D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J.P., andMonteil, C., (eds.). Syrph the Net, the database of EuropeanSyrphidae, vol. 59, 285 pp., Syrph the Net publications, Dublin.

 

Stubbs, A.E., and Falk, S.J., 2002. British hover flies. An Illustrated Identification Guide.The British Entomology and Natural History Society, Reading, UK.

 

Thompson, F.C., 2006. Biosystematic Database of World Diptera, Version 7.5. Availablefromhttp://www.diptera.org/biosys.htm (accessed 15 February 2011).

 

Thompson, F.C., and Rotheray, G.E., 1998.Family Syrphidae. In: Papp, L., Darvas, B. (Eds.), Manual of PalaearcticDiptera. Vol. 3, Science Herald, Budapest, pp. 81-139.

 

Vockeroth, J.R., Tompson, F.C., 1987.Syrphidae in: Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Biosystematic Research Center.Ottawa-Ontario 2, 713- 42.