Journal of Biological Control
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 1

On a collection of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Iran

  • Author:
  • Mohammad Havaskary1, Bulganin Mitra2, Hamid Sakenin3, Najmeh Samin4, Sohrab Imani4, Aras Rafiee5
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 5 to 10

1Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran.

2Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India.

3Department of Plant Protection, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr Branch, Mazandaran, Iran.

4Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

5Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

*Corresponding author E-mail: m_havaskary@yahoo.com

Abstract

Bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) are beneficial insects as pollinators or natural enemies of some agricultural pests. The present paper documents 58 species from 26 genera and six subfamilies (Usiinae, Phthiriinae, Toxophorinae, Heterotropinae, Bombyliinae and Anthracinae) from different parts of Iran. This work also includes the details on collection localities and zoogeographical distribution of the collected species.

Keywords

Bee fly, Bombyliidae, fauna, Iran