New data on the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Iran, with descriptions of two new species Author Gilasian, Ebrahim Author Vujić, Ante Author Hauser, Martin Author Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad text Zootaxa 2017 4303 1 27 50 journal article 32534 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.2 3aa590ff-aa2a-4e77-b2cb-48ceacc16f8b 1175-5326 840454 C415061D-FCE2-4E34-9332-3E9A1B12C4F9 Merodon quadrinotatus ( Sack, 1931 ) Fig. 3 Examined material. IRAN , Fars province : 2 ♀ , Firouzabad , Meimand , Kuh-e Sefidar , 28°56′02.4″N 52°48′58.0″E , 2080 m , 9.iv.2006 , leg. E. Gilasian. Remarks. The females of M . quadrinotatus are distinguished from those of other Merodon species by the following combination of characters: body length at least 12 mm ; antenna black; scutum with long blackish pile between wing bases; legs entirely black; mid coxa bare posteriorly; abdomen black, with blackish pile; tergites 3–4 with a pair of whitish medial patches of pile; abdominal tergites without pollinose fasciae. This species was collected on the southern slopes of Zagros Mountains. The female holotype of this species is from Iraq . Hurkmans (1993) examined a second female from Turkey . To date the male remains unknown.