New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East Author Moravvej, Gholamhossein Author Heidari Latibari, Minoo Author Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa text Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2022 2022-06-01 8 2 207 218 https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207 journal article 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207 2423-8112 EEF5F39B-D5DE-4262-A2BC-15978C98DAF6 Lycoriella sativae ( Johannsen, 1912 ) Original description. Johannsen (1912) : 121, 133; plate 3, fig. 120; plate 6, fig. 240 [as Sciara ]. Synonyms. = agarici Loudon, 1978 ; = auberti (Séguy, 1940); = brevipetiolata (Shaw, 1941) ; = castanescens (Lengersdorf, 1940) ; = difficilis ( Frey, 1948 ) (preocc.); = fucorum ( Frey, 1948 ) ; = jeanneli (Séguy, 1940), = kaiseri (Shaw, 1941); = kaiseri (Shaw, 1941); = paucisetulosa ( Frey, 1948 ) ; = rufotincta Tuomikoski, 1959 ; = similans (Johannsen, 1925) ; = solispina (Hardy, 1956); = trifolii (Pettey, 1918) . Material examined. IRAN , Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan , Chehel Bazeh National Park ( 36°20'41.53"N , 59°28'04.77"E ; Fig. 1F ), 1. VI .2020 , 1♂ , directly collected with aspirator on Pinus mugo Turra ( Pinaceae ), M. Heidari Latibari leg ( EMFUM ); Sistan and Baluchestan province , Sarbaz county ( 26°30'27.143"N , 61°02'56.427"E ), 16. V .2015 , 2♂♂ , Malaise trap in an orchard ( Figs 1A, H ), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. ( EMFUM ). Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with some setae and a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a depressed area of dense setae, with closed and clear curved margin; hypopygium brown; ventral base of hypopygium with a small group of 4–8 isolated setae on the intergonocoxal membrane; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short and sparsely setose; gonostylus tapered and pointed, with apical tooth; distal half of gonostylus with 4–6 mesial spines above a long whiplash seta; tegmen rounded. Distribution in Iran . ( Fig. 3 ) Razavi Khorasan province ( Heidari Latibari et al., 2016a ), Sistan and Baluchestan province ( new record ). Global distribution. Afrotropical ( South Africa , Tristan da Cunha archipelago); Australasia ( Australia [mainland, Tasmania , Norfolk Island ], Hawaiian Islands ( USA ), New Zealand ); Nearctic ( Canada , United States ); Palearctic ( Afghanistan , Austria , Belarus , Belgium , Bulgaria , China , Czech Republic , Denmark , Egypt , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Iran , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Malta , Mongolia , Morocco , Norway ,? Pakistan , Poland , Portugal [ Azores Islands], Romania , Russia , Slovakia , South Korea , Spain [mainland, Balearic Islands , Canary Islands ], Sweden , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Kingdom ); Subantarctic ( French Southern and Antarctic Lands [ Kerguelen Island]).