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Nine new species of scuttle flies, including one new genus (Diptera: Phoridae) from Iran

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BIOLOGIA
Volume 76, Issue 10, Pages 2895-2912

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00762-5

Keywords

Phoridae; New genus; New species; Iran; Middle East; Palaearctic

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  1. Balfour-Browne Trust Fund (University of Cambridge)

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Namaki-Khameneh and Disney have described nine new species and one new genus from Iran, increasing the total number of reported phorids genera and species from Iran to 12 and 78, respectively. This study contributes to the taxonomy of phorid flies in Iran.
Namaki-Khameneh and Disney describe nine new species and one new genus Iranphora sharafkhaneensis gen. n., sp. n., Megaselia caveonectergata sp. n., M. distincta sp. n., M. fereagarici sp. n., M. flavucrurus sp. n., M. paluventer sp. n., M. polysetosis sp. n., Phalacrotophora flavidus sp. n., and Phora iranensis sp. n. from Iran. As a result, this study increased the total number of reported phorids genera and species from Iran to 12 and 78, respectively.

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