Odontomyia angulata ( Panzer, 1798 )

Jentzsch, Matthias & Liebig, Wolf-Harald, 2021, New records of soldier flies from Iran with a current checklist and taxonomic notes to some species (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), Zootaxa 5060 (4), pp. 575-581 : 576

Odontomyia angulata ( Panzer, 1798)

Material examined. 1 ♀, 6.vii.2018, Emam (Golestan) ( Fig. 1 B ) .

Previous records in Iran. Becker & Stein (1913): Kuch-i-Tuftan (Sistan and Balochistan), Kjaris-i-Nan (Chorassan), Dech-i-Pabid (Kerman); Mohammadi & Khaghaninia (2015): Varzaqan region (East Azerbaijan); Khaghaninia & Kazerani (2016): Mekidi valley (East Azerbayjan).

Taxonomic note. This species is known to be very variable, showing differences in size and colour ( Rozkošný 1982). Contrary to Rozkošný’s remarks, according to which the scutellum is yellow and shows a large semi-circular basal spot, the scutellum of the female from Emam is completely black and only the tips of the spines are yellow coloured. Furthermore, the size of the female is 13 millimetres and exceeds the maximum size of the species given by Rozkošný (1982) by one millimetre.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Images of Stratiomyidae species mentioned in this paper. (A) Odontomyia angulata (Meigen, 1822), female. (B) Odontomyia angulata (Panzer, 1798), female. (C) Odontomyia annulata (Meigen, 1822), male. (D) Oxycera meigenii Staeger, 1844, male. (E) Stratiomys longicornis (Scopoli, 1763), male. (F) Stratiomys longicornis (Scopoli, 1763), female. (G) Adoxomyia cinerascens (Loew, 1873), male. (H) Adoxomyia cinerascens (Loew, 1873), female. (I) Lasiopa caucasica (Pleske, 1901), female.