The Genera Nemotelus And Oxycera (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) In The Arasbaran Forests
Author
Khaghaninia, S.
Author
Kazerani, F.
Author
Hauser, M.
text
Vestnik Zoologii
2015
2015-10-01
49
5
401
406
http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/vzoo/49/5/article-p401.xml
journal article
10.1515/vzoo-2015-0045
2073-2333
6449247
Oxycera fallenii
Staeger, 1844
*
(
fig. 2
,
a
)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:
Iran
,
East Azerbaijan
, Oskulu region (central part of Arasbaran forest):
38°53ʹ12.26˝ N
,
46°48ʹ14.33˝ E
,
1,859 m
,
20.08.2010
, 1} (Khaghaninia leg.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Central and Eastern Europe (
Woodley, 2001
),
first record for
Iran
.
R e m a r k: This species is only recorded from the Middle East from
Turkey
and it seems that this species is very rare in this region that is very likely due to the dry more desert conditions considering that the species has aquatic larvae.