title: Description of Myolepta pazukii Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. (Diptera: Syrphidae) with notes on the Iranian species of Myolepta Newman.
abstract: Myolepta pazukii Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. is described from Iran based on a single male specimen. Photographs of the male holotype and illustrations of its abdomen and hypandrium are provided. The new species is incorporated into the key to the west Palaearctic Myolepta species provided by Reemer et al. (2004). Taxonomic notes and distribution data on two recorded Iranian Myolepta species are presented.
authors.affiliation: Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.; Email: gilasian@iripp.ir.
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gilasian
authors.affiliation: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, European Invertebrate Survey - the Netherlands, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.; Email: menno.reemer@naturalis.nl.
authors.forename: Menno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reemer
authors.affiliation: Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.; Email: maraghi20@yahoo.ca.
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parchami-Araghi
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size