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On the Bee Fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Fauna from West Azarbaijan Province of Iran BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST 6 (2): pp.81-86 ©Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2012 Article No.: 121111 http://biozoojournals.3x.ro/bihbiol/index.html On the bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) fauna from West Azarbaijan Province of Iran Younes KARIMPOUR Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Urmia, P.O.Box 165, Urmia, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Received: 29. December 2011 / Accepted: 04. June 2012 / Available online: 28. July 2012 / Printed: December 2012 Abstract. The paper represents the first contribution to the knowledge of the bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) fauna from the West Azarbaijan province-Iran. During a one-year survey (2006) a total of 53 Bombyliid species dependent 26 genera were identified. Of these, eleven species including Spogostylum isis (Meigen, 1820), Spogostylum tripunctatum (Wiedemann, 1820), Cononedys stenura (Loew, 1871), Exoprosopa dispar (Loew, 1869), Exhyalanthrax macrops (Portschinski, 1887), Hemipenthes robusta (Zaitzev, 1966), Villa hottentotta (Linnaeus, 1758), Villa niphobleta (Loew, 1869), Legnotomyia trichorrhoea (Loew, 1855), Cytherea fenestrulata (Loew, 1873), Lomatia shelkovnikovi (Paramonov, 1924) are reported as new records for Iranian bee fly fauna. Key words: Diptera, Bombyliidae, fauna, new records, West Azarbaijan, Iran. Introduction calities were visited in the central and northern parts of the province during the year 2006. Sampling of adult bee flies was performed ap- The family Bombyliidae with almost 4600 described species plying entomological nets. Collected specimens were pinned and la- beled according to the current taxonomic rules and regulations. is one of the largest families of Brachyceran Diptera Geographical coordinates, altitude (meter above sea level) and col- throughout the world (Evenhuis & Greathead 1999, 2003). lection date for each sample was recorded. Distribution of each spe- Bee flies occur in a variety of habitats and are fairly common cies was taken from Evenhuis & Greathead (1999, 2003). Voucher insects in the arid and semiarid areas. The family has a high specimens are deposited in Natural History Museum of Urmia Uni- percentage of the fly diversity in the desert regions of the versity and some specimens are housed in Imperial College of Lon- world. The adults of most species are very fast and nimble don. fliers (Hull 1973, Evenhuis & Greathead 1999). Bombyliids The identifications of bee fly specimens were made by late Dr. are primarily parasitic or predacious on the immature stage David John Greathead (Imperial College of London, UK). of other insects including Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera (soli- tary bees, wasps and sawflies), Coleoptera, Diptera, Neurop- tera, locusts and grasshoppers in their larval stages (Yeates & Greathead 1997). Additionally, some bee fly species are pollinators of various wild and cultivated plant species (Öz- bek 2008). The information on the bombyliid’s species of Iran is rare and fragmentary. The first data have been reported by Aus- tin (1973). Engel (1932-37) and Austin (1973) made contribu- tions on bee fly fauna. As a native scientist, Abbassian- Lintezen (1965, 1966a, 1966b, 1968) made important studies. She described 8 new species and 2 new subspecies and re- ported the occurrence of 42 species of the family in Iran. The catalogue of Evenhuis & Greathead (2003) constitutes the distribution of a total of 101 species of bee flies in Iran. Re- cently, Greathead & Karimpour (2006) and Gharali et al. (2010) described one species of Villa Lioy and 2 species of Apolysis Loew, respectively. Sakenin et al. (2008) and Ghahhary et al. (2009) listed species that are natural enemies in the rice fields. More recently, Havaskary et al. (2011a) pre- sented 58 species in 26 genera and six subfamilies from dif- ferent parts of Iran, also Havaskary et al. (2011b) published 49 species dependent 23 genera from Arasbaran and vicinity from the North West of Iran. However, the fauna of bee flies has not been comprehensively studied in West Azarbaidjan province, and only a few species have been listed by Ha- vaskary et al. (2011a). The aim of the present study is to con- tribute to the knowledge of bee fly fauna of Iran. Material and methods The materials for this study were collected from various habitats in Figure 1. Map of West Azarbaijan showing the collecting places. different localities of West Azarbaijan province (Fig. 1). Several lo- (a- Urmia, b- Khoy and c- Maku regions). 82 Karimpour, Y. Results Geographical distribution: Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearc- tic: Israel, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. As a result of the study, the collection of bee fly species in Comments: New Record for Iran, although the differ- the West Azarbaijan province prepared the identification of ences between C. stenura and C. armenicus Paramonov are 213 specimens. Their determination led to the establishment small but the Iranian specimen fits C. stenura best. of 52 species, pertaining to 26 genera in 5 subfamilies, con- taining Anthracinae, Bombyliinae, Cythereinae, Lomatiinae Tribe Exopprospini Becker and Toxophorinae. Eleven species were new records for the Genus Exoprosopa Macquart, 1840 Iranian bee fly fauna. Exoprosopa cleomene Egger, 1859 Material examined: Urmia (Shohada valley, vicinity of Shïrü Subfamily Anthracinae Latreille Kandï village, 37º18′N, 45º07′E, 1420 m. s. l.) 23.VI.2006, Tribe Anthracini Latreille 1♂1♀. Geographical distribution: widely distributed in Palae- Genus Anthrax Scopoli, 1763 arctic region and Iran (Havaskary et al. 2011). Anthrax anthrax (Schrank, 1781) Exoprosopa dispar Loew, 1869 Material examined: Khoy (38º42′N, 44º54′E, 1472 m. s. l.) Material examined: Khoy (38º42′N, 44º54′E, 1472 m. s. l.) 29.VI.2006, 1♂; Urmia (vicinity of Täzehkand-e Qäterchï vil- 29.VI.2006, 1♂. lage, 37º39′N, 44º58′E, 1335 m. s. l.) 4.VI.2006, 1♂. Geographical distribution: widely distributed in Palae- Geographical distribution: General distribution in Palae- arctic. arctic region. Comments: New Record for Iran; in my specimen the Genus Spogostylum Macquart, 1840 wing pattern is unusually pale. Spogostylum candidum (Sack, 1909) Exoprosopa minois Loew, 1869 Material examined: Urmia (Shohada valley, vicinity of Material examined: Khoy (38º42′N, 44º54′E, 1472 m. s. l.) Shïrü Kandï village, 37º18′N, 45º07′E, 1420 m. s. l.) 20.VI.2006, 2♂♂; Urmia (Shohada valley, vicinity of Shïrü 11.VII.2006, 1♂, 23.VI.2006, 5♂♂2♀♀. Kandï village, 37º18′N, 45º07′E, 1420 m. s. l.) 11.VII.2006, 1♂. Geographical distribution: Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearc- Geographical distribution: Palaearctic: widespread. tic: Egypt, Iran, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. Comments: Iranian specimens are close to E. minoides in Comments: The male genitalia of this species was de- Paramonov (1928), also close to E. zarudneyi but these species picted by Theodor (1983). have pale not black hair on fronts. A Genitalia of a male specimen is identical with that of a specimen of E. minois Spogostylum isis (Meigen, 1820) from Lesvos but epiphallus is rounded at apex and not an- Material examined: Khoy (38º42′N, 44º54′E, 1472 m. s. l.) gular as in the illustration for Transcaucasus in Zaitzev 29.VI.2006, 2♂♂1♀; Maku (39º16′N, 44º28′E, 1417 m. s. l.), (1966). 30.VI.2006, 1♂; Urmia (Shohada valley, vicinity of Shïrü Kandï village, 37º18′N, 45º07′E, 1420 m. s. l.) 23.VI.2006, Exoprosopa sp. 1♂1♀; 11.VII.2006, 3♂♂2♀♀. Material examined: Urmia (vicinity of Täzehkand-e Qäterchï Geographical distribution: Afrotropical: Mali. Palaearc- village, 37º39′N, 44º58′E, 1335 m. s. l.) 12.V.2006, 1♂. tic: Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Geographical distribution: Cosmopolitan genus. Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Gruzia, Israel, Italy, Kazakh- Genus Heteralonia Rondani, 1863 stan, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Heteralonia (Acrodisca) suffusa Klug, 1832 Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Material examined: Khoy (38º42′N, 44º54′E, 1472 m. s. l.) Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia. 29.VI.2006, 2♂♂, 2♀♀. Comments: New record for Iran. Geographical distribution: Afrotropical: Kenya, Somalia. Spogostylum tripunctatum (Wiedemann, 1820) Palaearctic: Central and Southern zones. Material examined: Khoy (vicinity of Pïrkandï village, N38º Heteralonia (Homolonia) megerlei (Meigen, 1820) 43′- E45º 06′, 1006 m) 15.VI.2006, 2♀♀. Material examined: Khoy (vicinity of Pïrkandï village, N38º Geographical distribution: Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Al- 43′- E45º 06′, 1006 m. s. l.) 15.VI.2006, 1♀. bania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia- Geographical distribution: Afrotropical: Chad, Gambia, Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece (in- Ghana, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Yemen. cluding Ithaca), Gruzia, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearctic: Widespread. Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Russia, Spain, Swit- zerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Heteralonia (Zygodipla) bagdadensis Macquart, 1840 Uzbekistan. Material examined: Urmia (vicinity of Täzehkand-e Qäterchï Comments: New Record for Iran. village, 37º39′N, 44º58′E, 1335 m. s. l.), 10.VI.2006, 1♂. Geographical distribution: Palaearctic: Armenia, Azer- Tribe Aphoebantini Becker baijan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel (including West Bank), Mon- golia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Genus Cononedys Hermann, 1907 Cononedys stenura (Loew, 1871) Tribe Prorostomatini Hull Material examined: Urmia (Shohada valley, vicinity of Shïrü Genus Stomylomyia Bigot, 1887
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