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Gharali &amp; Evenhuis
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(
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a–g, 7f, 8f)
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE65E3BFF50F703FE6C553C" bold="true" box="[151,428,842,868]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Specimens examined:</emphasis>
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(female, dried by HMDS), 
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, 
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as 
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(in alcohol), 
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: Yaleh-gonbad region, Ghazvin province, 36° 31' 46&quot; 
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E, 
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asl., 
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, sweeping net, leg. B. Gharali (all in TMUC); 
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, 
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as 
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(in Alcohol), same as 
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(BPBM). 
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, 
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: Tabriz, Khosroshahr, East 
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province, 
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asl., 
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&amp; 
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, 
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, Malaise trap, leg. H. Lotfalizadeh (BPBM); 
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, 
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(in Alcohol), same data as 
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(ZMHB); 
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as 
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, same data as 
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, personal collection of Jorge Almeida (
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); 
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, 
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, same as 
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&amp; 
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, 
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: Tabriz, East 
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province, Khosroshahr, 
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asl., 
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&amp; 
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, 
<date id="FFAE1064FFE65E3BFBF5F019FB065232" box="[1074,1222,1104,1130]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="2008-08-06">6 Aug. 2008</date>
, Malaise tarp, leg. H. Lotfalizadeh (personal collection of first author).
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE65E3BFF02F0D3FE8E52EC" bold="true" box="[197,334,1178,1204]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE65E3BFE90F0D2FE2552EC" box="[343,485,1179,1204]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">E. persicus</emphasis>
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is separated from congeners in 
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by black occiput, the black dorsum of mesonotum, black prescutellar area and completely yellow scutellum.
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Female. Length 
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(Female)— 
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(Male) (n=10).
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Head (
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f). Slightly longer than high; eyes dichoptic, separated at vertex by 2 times distance between lateral ocelli; occiput and postgena black; frons slightly depressed medially, yellow with triangular black mark medially, face, oral margin and mentum yellow; antennae (
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a) dark brown, set in deep pocket; scape short, subtrapezoidal; pedicel ellipsoid, wider than long; first flagellomere oblong oval, length 1.7 times greatest width; second flagellomere 0.7 length of first flagellomere, with minute, bullet-shaped, transparent apical style; clypeus yellow; about as long as labrum; proboscis blackish brown, length 0.5–1.1 times head height; labrum sclerotised, stiff, pointed apically, slightly shorter than proboscis.
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Thorax (
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f). Slightly wider than head, mesonotum shiny, black, anterior margin medially black laterally yellow; humeral callus, lateral margins from humeral callus to postalar callus yellow; scutellum yellow; pleura yellow with black color on following: anepisternum with crescent mark anteroventrally, anepimeron with black mark anteroventrally; katepisternum except upper margin narrowly yellow, lower three-fourths of meron; halter stem and knob yellowish white.
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<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFE65E3BFF02F283FDAE5152" blockId="13.[151,1437,842,2037]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Legs. Yellow except coxa III faintly brownish basally; femora with brown mark basally; tarsal segments blackish brown except metatarsi yellow.</paragraph>
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Wings (
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b). Longer than width (2.6 times), hyaline; costa, Sc, R1, CuA2, R4+5, and crossveins brown, M1, M2 and M1+2 thin, less sclerotised, costa ends slightly beyond end of R4+5; vein Sc incomplete; vein separating basal cells, Rs at connection with R1 evanescent; R4+5 fairly straight; M1 curved to wing margin; M2 slightly sinuous; cell dm open; A1 basally evident, continuing as faint trace to wing margin; anal cell open at wing margin; fringe of hairs on posterior margin of wing shortest at wing tip becoming longer and more sparse toward base.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFE55E38FF50F3F2FB4451AB" blockId="14.[151,1436,1979,2035]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE55E38FF50F3F2FED9518B" bold="true" box="[151,281,1979,2003]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFE55E38FEE7F3F5FDD1518B" box="[288,529,1980,2003]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE55E38FEE7F3F5FDD1518B" box="[288,529,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Empidideicus persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: a—antennae lateral view, b—wing, c—phallic complex dorsal view, d—epandrium anterior view, e—phallic complex lateral view, f—gonocoxa dorsal view, g—female genitalia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFE45E39FF50F3E2FD4251BA" blockId="15.[151,1437,1963,2018]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FF50F3E2FEDD519B" bold="true" box="[151,285,1963,1987]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Lateral view of 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FE11F3E2FDAB519A" box="[470,619,1963,1986]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Empidideicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
adults (females): a— 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FC9CF3E2FC09519A" box="[859,969,1963,1986]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E. amicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, b— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFE45E39FBC7F3E2FB41519A" box="[1024,1153,1963,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebellicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FBC7F3E2FB41519A" box="[1024,1153,1963,1986]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E. ebellicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, c— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFE45E39FB70F3E2FA8D519A" box="[1207,1357,1963,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="greatheadi">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FB70F3E2FA8D519A" box="[1207,1357,1963,1986]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E. greatheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, d— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFE45E39FA43F3E2FED351BA" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matricarius">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FA43F3E2FED351BA" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E. matricarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, e— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFE45E39FE80F382FE1351BA" box="[327,467,1995,2018]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="legulicoxa">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FE80F382FE9751BA" box="[327,343,1995,2018]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FEA3F382FE1351BA" box="[356,467,1995,2018]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">legulicoxa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, f— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFE45E39FDC3F382FDBB51BA" box="[516,635,1995,2018]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FDC3F382FDD451BA" box="[516,532,1995,2018]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFE45E39FDE5F382FDBB51BA" box="[546,635,1995,2018]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFB5E26FF50F146FDC5531E" blockId="16.[151,1436,1295,1351]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FF50F146FEDC537F" bold="true" box="[151,284,1295,1319]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FE09F159FDA2537F" box="[462,610,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Empidideicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mesonotum (females): a, b— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFB5E26FC6FF159FBD4537F" box="[936,1044,1296,1319]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FC6FF159FBD4537F" box="[936,1044,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">E. amicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, c— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFB5E26FB8DF159FB0A537F" box="[1098,1226,1296,1319]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebellicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FB8DF159FB0A537F" box="[1098,1226,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">E. ebellicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, d— 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FAC7F159FA55537F" box="[1280,1429,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">E. greatheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, e— 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFB5E26FF7AF179FE97531F" box="[189,343,1328,1351]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matricarius">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FF7AF179FE97531F" box="[189,343,1328,1351]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">E. matricarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, f— 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FE4FF179FE58531F" box="[392,408,1328,1351]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">E</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFB5E26FE61F179FE3F531F" box="[422,511,1328,1351]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFB5E26FF02F13BFF2C53A4" blockId="16.[151,1437,1394,2018]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Abdomen. With minute sparse yellow hairs; tergite I black; tergites II–III black, with very narrow yellow posterior margins; tergites IV–V black with wide yellow posterior margins, remainder to last tergite yellow; last tergite yellow with brownish mark basally; lateral margin of all tergites yellow; sternites completely yellow.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFB5E26FF02F241FA565084" blockId="16.[151,1437,1394,2018]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
Genitalia (
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Fig. 
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g). Spermathecal reservoir elliptical, wider than high, with apical pitcher-shaped invagination with greatest width about one-half of reservoir width, depth one-half of reservoir height, its floor puffed up; apical spermathecal duct membranous, about 4.2 times reservoir height, slightly sclerotised basally, brownish; sperm pump striated, gradually narrowing toward base, with well sclerotised apical valve, 0.8 times apical duct in length; basal spermathecal duct sclerotised, brown, length 1.5 times reservoir height; common spermathecal duct absent; furca U-shaped, lateral arms subapically with pointed, inwardly oriented processes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFB5E26FF02F2A1FD53515A" blockId="16.[151,1437,1394,2018]" box="[197,659,1768,1794]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Male. Similar to female except smaller.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFB5E26FF02F344FCC051BA" blockId="16.[151,1437,1394,2018]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
Male genitalia (
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c–f). Epandrium yellow, subrectangular in anterior view, with acutely pointed dorsoapical tip; gonocoxa dark brown, ellipsoid, with round tip, well sclerotised except outer margin; gonostylus trapezoidal, outer margin minutely dentate, upper margin basally with patch of minute bristles, inserted on crescent-shaped sclerotised plate; gonocoxal apodeme as long as aedeagal apodeme; aedeagal bulb large, oblong oval; basal aedeagal apodeme narrow, as long as lateral aedeagal apodeme; epiphallus consists of 2 triangular plates with pointed tip in lateral view.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30A652FFFFA5E27FF02F4DEFF3D54E4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFA5E27FF02F4DEFD6457CA" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,999]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF02F4DEFE9956E9" bold="true" box="[197,345,151,177]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Comments.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FEA5F4D1FDB956E9" box="[354,633,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Empidideicus persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is separated from the congeners in 
<collectingCountry id="F3077634FFFA5E27FBF0F4D1FBA956EA" box="[1079,1129,152,178]" name="Iran" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Iran</collectingCountry>
by the completely black mesonotum and yellow scutellum. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B55FFFA5E27FDF9F4F4FD30568F" author="Zaitzev" box="[574,752,189,215]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Zaitzev, V. F. (1971) New bombyliid species (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Soviet central Asia and Mongolia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 50, 509 - 510." type="journal article" year="1971">Zaitzev (1971)</bibRefCitation>
described a new species from 
<collectingCountry id="F3077634FFFA5E27FBA1F4F4FB2D568F" box="[1126,1261,189,215]" name="Uzbekistan" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Uzbekistan</collectingCountry>
which has the dorsum of the mesonotum black, but this species is easily separated from the Iranian species by the color of two basal antennal segments that are yellow in 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FD02F541FC8F5779" box="[709,847,264,289]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Epidideicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asiaticus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FD02F541FC8F5779" box="[709,847,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. asiaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(antennae in 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FC37F541FBB35779" box="[1008,1139,264,289]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FC37F541FBB35779" box="[1008,1139,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is completely black) and also by the shape of the black mark on mesonotum which doesn’t reach to the posterior margin of mesonotum in 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FF72F51BFEFF5733" box="[181,319,338,363]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Epidideicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asiaticus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF72F51BFEFF5733" box="[181,319,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. asiaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
so prescutellar area is yellow (this black mark on the mesonotum reaches the posterior margin in 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FF72F531FEF757C9" box="[181,311,376,401]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF72F531FEF757C9" box="[181,311,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and prescutellar area is black).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFA5E27FF02F5D4FF3D54E4" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,999]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
In our key to species, 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FE0BF5D4FCA457EF" authority="Paramonov, 1934" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1934" box="[460,868,413,439]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turkestanicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FE0BF5D4FD4A57EE" box="[460,650,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. turkestanicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B55FFFA5E27FD55F5D4FCA457EF" author="Paramonov" box="[658,868,413,439]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Paramonov, S. J. (1934) Unentberliche kritische Bemerkungen zu der Arbeit von Dr. Engeluber die Bombyliiden in Lindner's, &quot; Die Fliegen der palaarktischenRegion &quot;. Konowia, 13, 10 - 21." type="journal article" year="1934">Paramonov, 1934</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, occurring in 
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and 
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, runs to 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF50F58BFEDF5783" box="[151,287,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but it is distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FDBBF58BFCC35783" box="[636,771,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of a closed discal cell that places this species as a member of subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FDF2F5A1FD265459" box="[565,742,488,513]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Anomaloptilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FDF2F5A1FD265459" box="[565,742,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Anomaloptilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FD31F5A1FB17545A" authority="Zaitzev, 1971" authorityName="Zaitzev" authorityYear="1971" box="[758,1239,488,514]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sugonjaevi">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FD31F5A1FBE65459" box="[758,1062,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Empidideicus sugonjaevi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B55FFFA5E27FBE8F5A1FB17545A" author="Zaitzev" box="[1071,1239,488,514]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refString="Zaitzev, V. F. (1971) New bombyliid species (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Soviet central Asia and Mongolia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 50, 509 - 510." type="journal article" year="1971">Zaitzev, 1971</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, described from Middle Asia, also has a black occiput and the dorsum of the mesonotum is completely black, but it is distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FEBDF67BFE3C5413" box="[378,508,562,587]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FEBDF67BFE3C5413" box="[378,508,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the dark scutellum basally (scutellum completely yellow in 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FB18F67BFA815413" box="[1247,1345,562,587]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FB18F67BFA815413" box="[1247,1345,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), upper half of frons black (frons is yellow with a small black mark in 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FCBCF611FC3D5429" box="[891,1021,600,625]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FCBCF611FC3D5429" box="[891,1021,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and male genitalic features. In 
<taxonomicName id="4C104D27FFFA5E27FA44F611FEDE54CE" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Empidideicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sugonjaevi">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FA44F611FEDE54CE" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. sugonjaevi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the aedeagal bulb has a pair of lateral processes but 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FC70F634FB8354CE" box="[951,1091,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E. persicus</emphasis>
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has no such process in that location.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30A652FFFFA5E27FF02F68EFD56555F" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFA5E27FF02F68EFD56555F" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,999]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF02F68EFE9554B9" bold="true" box="[197,341,711,737]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet derives from “ 
<collectingCountry id="F3077634FFFA5E27FCC4F681FC9554BA" box="[771,853,712,738]" name="Iran" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Persia</collectingCountry>
”, the historical name of the country from where specimens were collected in great numbers.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30A652FFFFA5E27FF02F75BFDE7552F" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFA5E27FF02F75BFA445574" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,999]" box="[197,1412,786,812]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF02F75BFEA55574" bold="true" box="[197,357,786,812]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is currently known only from 
<collectingCountry id="F3077634FFFA5E27FCA5F75BFC515574" box="[866,913,786,812]" name="Iran" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Ghazvin and East 
<collectingCountry id="F3077634FFFA5E27FBBEF75BFB395574" box="[1145,1273,786,812]" name="Azerbaijan" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Azerbaijan</collectingCountry>
provinces).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFA5E27FF02F77EFDE7552F" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,999]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF02F77EFE925509" bold="true" box="[197,338,823,849]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Variability.</emphasis>
In a few specimens collected from Tabriz city, the black mark on the frons is an inverted Vshaped instead of triangular mark.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30A652FFFFA5E27FF02F7CBFDAD55BF" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BAF36A4FFFA5E27FF02F7CBFDAD55BF" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,999]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FF02F7CBFEF955C4" bold="true" box="[197,313,898,924]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Remark.</emphasis>
Specimens of the new species were collected on the plant species 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FB54F7CBFAB855C3" box="[1171,1400,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Mentha longifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
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), a fast-growing, perennial herb; and on 
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<emphasis id="B964EAB6FFFA5E27FCD0F7E1FC1D5599" box="[791,989,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Inula britannica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
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), both of which were growing at the margin of a narrow river.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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