A faunistic study on the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from West Azarbaijan province, Iran Author Samin, Najmeh Author Sakenin, Hamid text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2015 2015-12-21 65 2 393 401 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1891 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.393-401 0005-805X 5371302 Volucella inanis (LINNAEUS, 1758) Material examined : West Azarbaijan province , Oshnavieh , 37°03'N 45°05'E , 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ , 14 May 2013 . Distribution outside Iran : From southern Fennoscandia south to Spain and the Mediterranean (including islands, e.g. Crete), north Africa and Asia Minor (Syria); from Britain (southern England) eastwards through central and southern Europe into Turkey and European parts of Russia and through Siberia to the Pacific; Afghanistan, Mongolia, China.