Clusia tigrina (Fallén, 1820)

Kazerani, F., Beuk, P., Farashiani, M. E. & Kiasari, Sh. Mohammadnezhad, 2020, First Records Of The Rare Family Clusiidae (Diptera, Opomyzoidea) From Iran, Zoodiversity 54 (1), pp. 31-34 : 32

Clusia tigrina (Fallén, 1820) ( figs 2–3 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran: Golestan province, Shast-Kola forests [36°43'00.7" N 54°23'13.7" E], 1271 m, pan traps, 12.07.2017, 1 ♀; Mazandaran province, Neka [36° 22'42.03" N 53° 33.05'52.7" E], 1210 m, sweeping net, 2 ♀, 1 Ơ (Kazerani & Mohammadnezhad Kiasari) .

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s: Palpi white; antenna scape and pedicel light yellow, postpedicel yellow, black at apex; thorax yellow with 2 brown on dorsocenteral part from transverse suture to near the scutellum; scutellum totally yellow; scutum laterally with a brown band from humeral to base of wing; Wings with a dark cloud around R 1 and base of R 2+3, R 4+5, also with a dark cloud around the R 2+3, R 4+5 and M 1+2 at apex, M 1+2 with a black cloud at middle around dm-cu, legs totally yellow, coxa white; Abdomen tergites yellow, 2nd tergite with 2 brown spots, 3rd–4th tergites with brown band.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palearctic: Europe, Russia.

Figures

Figs 1–4: 1 — female habitus of Clusia flava (Meigen, 1830), lateral view; 2 — female habitus of Clusia tigrina (Fallén, 1820), dorsal view; 3 — male habitus of Clusia tigrina (Fallén, 1820), lateral view; 4 — female habitus of Clusiodes ruficollis (Meigen, 1830), dorsal view.