Nemotelus pantherinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Khaghaninia, S., Kazerani, F. & Hauser, M., 2015, The Genera Nemotelus And Oxycera (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) In The Arasbaran Forests, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (5), pp. 401-406 : 404

Nemotelus pantherinus (Linnaeus, 1758) * ( fig. 1 , e–f)

Material examined: Iran, East Azerbaijan, Chichekli (located in western part of Arasbaran forests):

38°30ʹ34.02˝ N, 46°37ʹ23.46˝ E, 1689 m, 7.07.2009, 1} (Khaghaninia leg.).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Widespread Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Tajikistan ( Woodley 2001), first record for Iran.

R e m a r k: The most important characters for identification of this species are: length of last FLagellomere as long as the three preceding ones and postocular band as wide as length of the 3 basal FLagellomere ( fig. 1 , f); male abdomen mostly white, only the last segments black ( fig. 1 , e).

Figures

Fig. 1. Nemotelus argentifer: female dorsal view (a); Nemotelus nigrinus, female, lateral (b); Nemotelus notatus: female, dorsal view (c), male, lateral view (d); Nemotelus pantherinus: male, lateral view (e), lateral view of the head (f); Nemotelus rudifranci: lateral view of a female (g), lateral view of a male (h).