Medetera mixta 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 : 95-96

95. Medetera mixta Negrobov, 1967

Figs. 15, 16

References. Kazerani et al. 2014f: 270. (as Medetera micacea Loew, 1857 ).

Material examined. 8♂, 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 ; 6♂, 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 ; 6♂, 2♀, 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 ; 14♂, Mazandaran Prov., vicinity of Polour Village , 2311 m, 35°50'20"N, 052°02'49"E, 18.05.2016, yellow pan trap, M. Parchami-Araghi .

Distribution. Type locality: Russia: Atai Vil., Evpatoriya Distr., Crimea. The species is known from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Romania, Russia (Bashkiria, Crimea, Krasnodar Lipetsk and Voronezh), Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine. New record for Iran.

Notes. The newly collected material from the Mazandaran Province, practically from the district mentioned by Kazerani et al. (2014), belongs to Medetera mixta . The latter species differs from M. micacea in shape of basal part of surstylus in male hypopygium (compare Fig. 28 and Fig. 30 in Negrobov, Naglis 2016), the character not mentioned by Kazerani et al. The species seems to be rather common in the Mazandaran province. We refer here all the material collected by Kazerani et al. in this province to M. mixta , thus excluding M. micacea from Iranian fauna.

Figures

Figs. 13‒18. Dolichopus diadema Haliday (13), Emiratomyia arabica Naglis (14), Medetera mixta Negrobov (15‒16), Teuchophorus monacanthus Loew (17‒18). Habitus (13, 14, 15, 17); hypopygium, left lateral view (16); hind femur and tibia, anterior view (18) Рис. 13–18. Dolichopus diadema Haliday (13), Emiratomyia arabica Naglis (14), Medetera mixta Negrobov (15–16), Teuchophorus monacanthus Loew (17–18). Габитус (13, 14, 15, 17); гипопигий, виΑ сΛева (16); заΑние беΑра и гоΛени, виΑ спереΑи (18)