Phthiria notiosa sp. nov., a new bombyliid species of the tribe Phthiriini (Diptera Bombyliidae, Phthiriinae) from Kerman province in the south of Iran Author Moghbeli, Sajjad Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Author Gharali, Babak Plant Protection Research Department, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Qazvin, Iran. Author Fekrat, Lida Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-21 4990 2 378 386 journal article 5550 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.11 3948d9fc-5ee3-4926-81cd-0aadc354835c 1175-5326 5026012 653752EF-428F-4325-A188-B44DDC627858 Genus Phthiria Meigen Phthiria Meigen, 1803: 268 . Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796 , by monotypy. Ptimia Rafinesque, 1815: 221 (unjustified emendation of Phthiria Meigen, 1820 ). Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796 , automatic. Diagnosis . The family Bombyliidae is divided in two artificial groups, Homoeophthalmae and Tomophthalmae, based on postcranial features. Phthiria belongs to the Homoeophthalmae and the subfamily Phthiriinae , in this subfamily the genus Phthiria is easily recognized from all other genera by the following characters: Metapleuron with micropubescence, first flagellomere with short and sparse hairs, costal vein ending at anal vein, male terminalia rotated 180°, basistylus without mesal lobe bearing spines, apicomesal lobe well developed, and female spermathecal reservoir curved apically ( Evenhuis, 1990 ; Greathead & Evenhuis, 2001 ).