title: New data on Empis Linnaeus (Diptera: Empididae) from Iran, with description of a new species of the subgenus Lissempis Bezzi.
abstract: Fourteen species of the genus Empis Linnaeus were collected and identified from Iran. Empis (Lisssempis) guilanensis Kazerani & Shamshev sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Guilan province in north central Iran. The following seven species were recorded from Iran for the first time: E. (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794; E. (Pachymeria) mediterranea (Loew, 1864); E. (P.) obscuripes (Loew, 1873); E. (Polyblepharis) dedecor Loew, 1869; E. (P.) engeli Chvála, 1999; E. (P.) soror Collin, 1937; E. (P.) spirifera Bezzi, 1909. An identification key to the subgenera and species of Empis from Iran are provided.
authors.affiliation: University of Tabriz, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, 51664, Tabriz, I.R. Iran.; Email: skhaghaninia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Farzaneh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kazerani
authors.affiliation: University of Tabriz, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, 51664, Tabriz, I.R. Iran.; Email: f.kazerani2000@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Samad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khaghaninia
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, I.R. Iran.; Email: talebia@modares.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Talebi
authors.affiliation: All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel'skogo 3, St. Petersburg - Pushkin 188620 Russia.; Email: shamshev@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shamshev
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity