Neoascia annexa (Müller, 1776)

Fig. 4

Examined material. IRAN, Tehran province: 1 ♂, Kuhhaye Tochal, 35°53′N 51°25′E, 2000–3000 m, Reshtehye Kuhhaye Alborz (Elburz Mountains Central), 29–30.vi.1973, Exp. Nat. Mus . Praha [NMPC].

Remarks. Neoascia annexa can be distinguished from other Neoascia species by the following combination of characters: metapleuron closed, with a complete bridge behind hind coxae; protarsomeres 4–5 yellow; wing without transverse brownish stripe along veins M1 and dm–cu; abdominal tergite 2 with a pair of yellowish-orange maculae mediolaterally; tergite 3 with a wide transverse yellowish-orange stripe that evenly reaches the lateral margin; tergite 4 without yellow maculae laterally; abdominal sternite 8 (pregenital segment) in male with blackish pile; hypandrium wide in lateral view (narrow in N. inexpectata Hauser, 1998); surstylus without distinct extension anteriorly. Although the yellow pattern on tergite 2 differs from that represented in Barkemeyer & Claussen (1986: figure 6), the male genitalia components match exactly those illustrated in Barkemeyer & Claussen (1986: figure 8) and in Claussen & Hayat (1997: figure 7). This species was collected on the southern slopes of central regions of Elburz Mountains. It is widely distributed in Europe eastwards to Russia and Transcaucasia (Krpač et al. 2001; Sarıbıyık 2014).