Najmeh Samin ¹, Hamid Sakenin ², Sohrab Imani ¹, Mahmood Shojai ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science & Research Branch, Tehran, IR
2 College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr Branch, Mazandaran, IR

Abstract

Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are one of the important groups of predators in controlling numerous insect groups. A total of 30 asilid species representing 22 genera are listed in this paper from Tehran province. Of these, Neoitamus senectus Richter, Stenopogon rufipilus ruficauda Engel and Rhadinus ungulinus Loew are new records for the fauna of Iran. Additionally, prey records and distributional data are provided for asilid species.

Keywords

Asilidae, Fauna, Prey, Tehran Province, Iran.

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