Metadon persicus

Metadon persicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Flies
Suborder:	Aschiza
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Metadon
Species:	M. persicus
Binomial name
Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer, 2015

Distribution

Iran

REFERENCES

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• Brunetti, E. Notes on Oriental Syrphidae. Part I. Rec. Indian Mus. (1907-08).

• Gilasian, E., Reemer, M. & Parchami-Araghi, M. 2015. The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 4058(1): 112–118.

• Hull, F.M. Additional species of Microdon in the British Museum (Natural History). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1944)

• Reemer, Menno, 2013, Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees, pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 3697 (1) on pages 49-51

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• Williston, S.W. 1887. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. (1886) 31, xxx + 335 pp, 12 pls