Dalmannia punctata (FABRICIUS, 1794)

Khaghaninia, Samad & Kazerani, Farzaneh, 2015, Study of the family Conopidae (Diptera) in Hatam Mesesi forest, with a new record for Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1397-1401 : 1399

Dalmannia punctata (FABRICIUS, 1794) ( Figure 9-11 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: (4): 38° 16' 08.34'' E, 53° 32' 36.75'' N, 1672m, 15.Jun.2014; leg. Khaghaninia.

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s:Fronswithshortblackhairs;pedicelapproximately as long as postpedicel, and entirely black ( Fig. 11 ); genae with at most some longer white hair at the mouth-edge; mesoscutum with a mixture of shorter, light yellow hairs and longer black hairs ( Fig. 10 ); hair of the abdomen in males mainly white (in females mainly black), abdominal male pattern as ( Fig. 9 ); anatergite and katatergite black, at most only inconspicuously dark yellow.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: widespread in the western Palaearctic and Caucasus, New record for Iran.

R e m a r k: This species has widespread in Asia and reported from Turkey also, so it can be found in Iran adjacent countries also.

Figures

Figs 3-11: 3-8: Dalmannia aculeata (LINNAEUS 1761): (3) male habitus, (4) male lateral view, (5) male head, frontal view; (6) female habitus, (7) female lateral view, (8) female head, lateral view; 9-11: Dalmannia punctata (FABRICIUS, 1794): (9) female habitus, (10) female lateral view, (11) female head, frontal view.