Cyrtosia persica Gharali & Evenhuis

Cyrtosia persica Gharali & Evenhuis, 2011: 152 .

Material examined. 2 males, 3 females, Juladak village, 36°21'49.2'' N, 50°32'13.4'' E, 2357 m a.s.l., 12 July 2008, swept from Cichorium intybus L. ( Asteraceae), leg. Babak Gharali (BG).

Diagnosis. This species is easily recognized from the congeners in Iran by the yellow frons with a tiny black spot medially. Other species have either an almost all black frons or a black stripe medially on the frons.

Remarks. This species is known only from the Alamot region of Qazvin province. For full description see Gharali et al. (2011).