Gilasian Ebrahim, Reemer Menno, Parchami-Araghi Mehrdad
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.; Email:
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, European Invertebrate Survey - the Netherlands, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Dec 15;4058(1):112-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6.
Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. is described, based on a single female specimen from the Zagros mountains in Iran. Morphological variation among the members of the genus Metadon Reemer and their distribution in the world are discussed. Photographs of the new species are provided. The subfamily Microdontinae represents a new taxon for southwestern Asia and the genus Metadon is reported from the western Palaearctic region for the first time.
基于来自伊朗扎格罗斯山脉的一个雌性标本，描述了新物种波斯美塔盾蝇（Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer）。讨论了美塔盾蝇属（Metadon Reemer）成员间的形态变异及其在世界范围内的分布。提供了新物种的照片。微齿蝇亚科是亚洲西南部的一个新分类单元，美塔盾蝇属首次在古北区西部被报道。
