Cheilosia ( Cheilosia ) mutabilis (Fallén, 1817)

Khaganinia, S. & Kazerani, F., 2014, A Review Of The Genus Cheilosia (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5), pp. 401-410 : 405

Cheilosia ( Cheilosia) mutabilis (Fallén, 1817) ( fig. 2 , a–c)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Iran: East Azarbaijan Province, Horand , 38°54.575´N, 47°20.241´E, 1221 m , 05.07.2012, 1 Ơ, 3 ♀ (S. Khaghaninia).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From Fennoscandia southwards to Iberia, Mediterranean region and North Africa; from Britain eastwards through much of Europe into Turkey and European parts of Russia into western Siberia, Iran (first record).

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Eye with pale hairs in apical half; third antennal segment black, without anterodorsal angle, weakly enlarged, antennal sockets separated; face without distinct hairs (microtrichia not taken into account); parafacial narrow, distinctly narrower than half width of third antennal segment ( fig. 2 , b); scutellum with strong black bristles along posterior margin; at least mid tibia in basal third yellow dorsally; fore coxa without tooth, femora black in basal part in female, 2nd–4th segments of fore and mid tarsi yellow or pale brown; male genitalia as in ( fig. 2 , c).

Figures

Fig. 2. Cheilosia mutabilis (a–c): a — dorsal view of male, b — frontal view of head of female, c — male genitalia; C. nigrips, male (d–f): d — dorsal view, e — lateral view of head; f — genitalia.