Medetera meridionalis Negrobov, 1967

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 : 95

94. Medetera meridionalis Negrobov, 1967

References. Kazerani et al. 2014e: 27; Kazerani et al. 2014f: 270; Ahmadi et al. 2017: 68; Grichanov et al. 2017: 103; Hamed et al. 2017: 3.

Material examined. 2♂, Markazi Prov., Arak, Haftad Qolleh Protected Area, Latteh Dar-e Bala , 2685 m, 33°56'45"N, 050°09'10"E ,

11.06.2020, pan trap, M. Parchami-Araghi; 2♂, 2♀, Markazi Prov., Arak, Haftad Qolleh Protected Area, Sibak valley , 2685 m, 33°56'45"N, 050°09'10"E , 11.06.2020, pan trap, M. Parchami-Araghi; 5♂, 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; 2♂, 1♀, Markazi Prov., Ashtian, Ahu, Darreh-e Bidsoukhteh , 2000 m , 29.07.1997, H. Barari / M. Mofidi; 7♂, 3♀, Tehran Prov., Taleghan , 1806 m, 36°10'15"N, 050°45'51"E , 19.05.2015, Malaise trap, A. Jabbari; 7♂, 6♀, West Azerbaijan Prov., Rashakan Research Station for Lake Urmia National Park , 1315 m, 37°20'38"N, 045°17'37"E , 18– 25.06.2015, Malaise trap, M. Parchami-Araghi .

Distribution. Type locality: Russia: Voronezh, near the Novokhopersk River. The species is known from Russia (Crimea, Lugansk, Voronezh, Rostov, Volgograd, Penza, Orenburg, Altay and Krasnodar Regions), Ukraine (Odessa and Poltava), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkey.