New faunistic records of Chironomidae (Diptera: Insecta) from Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 3، دوره 17، شماره 1 - شماره پیاپی 30، آذر 2021، صفحه 23-27   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.2021.68978.1003

نویسندگان

Armin Namayandeh¹؛ Edris Ghaderi^{2، 3}؛ Habibollah Mohammadi^{* 2، 4}

¹Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

²Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

³Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

⁴Zrebar Lake Environmental Research, Kurdistan Studies Institute, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

چکیده

Ongoing investigation into Chironomidae specimens collected from the Sirwan River watershed in 2020 resulted in two new faunistic records for Iran, and new range extensions for the Palearctic region. Two species, Paramerina divisa (Walker, 1856) and Xenochironomus xenolabis (Kieffer, 1916) are diagnosed and reported for the first time from Iran. This contributes to establishing baseline data about the diversity and distribution of freshwater flora and fauna of this region.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Chironomidae؛ Iran؛ faunistic records؛ Palearctic؛ Middle East؛ Kurdistan