Hoverfly fauna (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Torbate Heydarie with a new record for the fauna of Razavi Khorasan province

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• Elahe Shojaei Hesari ¹
• Shahrokh Pashaie Rad ²

¹ M.Sc. of animal biosystematics, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

² Ph.D. of entomology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22067/ijab.v15i1.49697

Abstract

The present study, during 2010-2011 was carried out in Torbat-e Heydarie (Razavi Khorasan Province). Adult speciemens were collected randomly with butterfly net. A totally, 28 species belong to 14 genus, two subfamilies were identified. All species are recorded for the first time from the studied area.

Keywords

• Torbat-e heydarie city
• Razavi Khorasan Province
• Flowerfly
• Syrphidae
• Iran

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