Memari Fatemeh, Namin Saeed Mohamadzade, Hakimitabar Masoud
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran; Email:
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2016 Jun 17;4126(2):280-6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.8.
Valera, a monotypic new genus (Tephritidae, Tephritinae, Xyphosiini) and Valera ariana n. sp., the type and only known species, are described from Iran. Systematic relationships with other Xyphosiini are discussed and a key to the genera of the tribe Xyphosiini is presented.