Cheilosia (Cheilosia) aerea Dufour, 1848

Khaganinia, S. & Kazerani, F., 2014, A Review Of The Genus Cheilosia (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 48 (5), pp. 401-410 : 403

Cheilosia (Cheilosia) aerea Dufour, 1848 ( fig. 1 , a–c)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Iran: East Azarbaijan Province: Qaradagh forests, 38°55.601´N, 46°46.932´E, 1313 m, 05.07.2011, 3 Ơ, 4 ♀ ; Esparekhan, 37°45.974´N, 46°24.895´E, 2572 m, 08.08.2009, 1 Ơ, 2 ♀; Kandovan: 37°46.985´N, 46°15.686´E, 2341 m, 27.05.2010, 2 Ơ, 2 ♀; Oskulu, 38°51.813´N, 46°50.759´E, 1667 m, 02.07.2009, 3 Ơ, 4 ♀; Horand, 38°53.838´N, 47°16.988´E, 1367 m, 05.07.2012, 2 Ơ, 4 ♀; Aynali, 38°55.725´N 46°47.589´E, 1358 m, 14.07.2010, 3 Ơ, 5 ♀; Mekidi, 38°50.487´N, 46°54.189´E, 1656 m, 19.08.2011, 3 Ơ, 4 ♀; Chichekli, 38°37.169´N, 46°26.536´E, 1534 m, 21.07.2012, 5 Ơ, 6 ♀; West Azarbaijan Province, Maragheh, 38°20.137´N, 47°37.234´E, 1606 m, 31.07.2011, 5 Ơ, 2 ♀ (S. Khaghaninia).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Poland south to the Mediterranean; from the Netherlands eastwards through much of Central and Southern Europe into European parts of Russia Transcaucasus; Iran ( Khaghaninia et al., 2010).

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 entirely or mostly yellowish-orange ( fig. 1 , b); face without distinct hairs (microtrichia not taken into account); median facial tubercle sharply convex; mesoscutum with coarse punctuation; posterior margin of scutellum with black or yellow bristles distinctly more robust than surrounding hairs ( fig. 1 , a); fore coxa without tooth, at least first segment of mid tarsus or bases of tibiae yellowish; male genitalia as in ( fig. 1 , c).

Figures

Fig. 1. Cheilosia aerea (a–c): a — dorsal view of female, b — lateral view of head of female, c — male genitalia; C. cumanica (d–f): d — dorsal view of female, e — frontal view of head of female, f — male genitalia; C. lola, female (g–h): g — dorsal view, h — frontal view of head. Рис. 1. Cheilosia aerea (a–c): a — самка, вид сверху; b — голова самки, латеральный вид, c — гениталии самца; C. cumanica (d–f): d — самка, вид сверху, e — голова самки, фронтальный вид, f — гениталии самца; C. lola, самка (g–h): g — вид сверху, h — голова, фронтальный вид.