The genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Iran, with the description of a new species
Author
Gilasian, Ebrahim
Author
Sorokina, Vera S.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2764
49
60
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.207343
fd916606-5815-45ac-8677-52e193319550
1175-5326
207343
Paragus
(
Paragus
)
radjabii
sp. nov.
Figs. 1
A–B, 2 A–B, 4 A–D, 5 A–D, 7 A–F
Diagnosis.
The species
P. radjabii
sp. nov.
is very similar to
P. compeditus
Wiedemann. The
male and the female of the new species can be distinguished as follows: face uniformly rounded medially without a distinct knob, posterior margin of tergite VII of the female with a thickening; the male terminalia are different.
The new species can be incorporated into Sorokina’s key to males and female of Asian
Paragus
(
Sorokina 2009: 357, 364
) by the following couplets: