Medetera spinigera (Stackelberg, 1937)

Grichanov, Igor Ya. & Gilasian, Ebrahim, 2023, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Iran, with new records and a bibliography, Amurian Zoological Journal XV (1), pp. 82-109 : 96

101. Medetera spinigera (Stackelberg, 1937)

Material examined. 3♂, Markazi Prov., Arak, Haftad Qolleh Protected Area, Chekab valley , 2219 m, 34°07'05"N, 050°16'25"E ,

20.05– 16.06.2016, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian / M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution. Type locality: Uzbekistan: Yargak, near Chatyrchi, Kattakurgan district. The species was known from Uzbekistan. New record for Iran.

Notes. Medetera spinigera is very close to M. zimini Negrobov, 1966 , described from Tajikistan, differing in shape of surstylus in male hypopygium (compare Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 in Negrobov, Naglis 2016).

Figures

Figs. 1‒5. Arabshamshevia ajbanensis Naglis (1‒2), Asyndetus albifacies Parent (3‒4), Asyndetus separatus (Becker) (5). Habitus (1, 3, 5); apex of abdomen (2, 4) Рис. 1‒5. Arabshamshevia ajbanensis Naglis (1‒2), Asyndetus albifacies Parent (3‒4), Asyndetus separatus (Becker) (5). Габитус (1, 3, 5); вершина брюшка (2, 4)