taxonID	type	description	language	source
BE30393BFF9C9A1C2398C8D1FB954B44.taxon	description	Synonym. = odoriphaga Yang & Zhang, 1985.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9C9A1C2398C8D1FB954B44.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. IRAN, Razavi Khorasan province, Mashhad county, Mellat Park (36 ° 19 ' 07.96 " N, 59 ° 32 ' 22.02 " E; Fig. 1 D), 22. VI. 2021, 2 ♂♂, directly collected with an aspirator on Robinia pseudoacacia L. (Fabaceae), M. Heidari Latibari leg. (EMFUM); Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sarbaz county (26 ° 30 ' 27.143 " N; 061 ° 02 ' 56.427 " E), 16. V. 2015, 2 ♂♂, Malaise trap in an orchard (Figs 1 A, H), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. (EMFUM).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9C9A1C2398C8D1FB954B44.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with more than 2 setae and a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae, without curved margin; hypopygium unicoloured dark brown, ventral base of hypopygium without intergonocoxal lobe or groups of setae; gonocoxites longer than gonostyli, inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short and densely setose; gonostylus rounded apically, apex of gonostylus protruded and curved, with 5 – 8 strong spines, mesial spines missing; tegmen trapezoid.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9C9A1C2398C8D1FB954B44.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. (Fig. 3) Razavi Khorasan province (Heidari Latibari et al., 2016 a), Sistan and Baluchestan province (new record). Global distribution. Palaearctic (China, Finland, Germany, Iran, Japan).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1C236BCC64FAB14EAB.taxon	description	Synonyms. = disjuncta Yang, Zhang & Yang, 1993; = garretti (Shaw, 1952); = johannseni (Shaw, 1952); = laffooni (Shaw, 1952); = picticornis Yang & Zhang, 1987; = prothalliorum (de Meijere, 1946); = reynoldsi (Metz, 1938); = robusticalcar Alam, 1988; = rubicundula Frey, 1948; = tritici (Coquillett, 1895).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1C236BCC64FAB14EAB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. IRAN, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Rask county, 26 ° 13 ' 19.70 " N, 61 ° 24 ' 31.53 " E, 24. IV. 2015, 3 ♂♂, sweep net over weeds in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae) and Mango orchards (Mangifera indica L., Anacardiaceae) (Fig. 1 B), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. (EMFUM).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1C236BCC64FAB14EAB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with more than 2 setae and a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae, without curved margin; hypopygium conspicuously yellow to reddishbrown, with dark tips of gonostyli; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short setose; gonostylus rounded apically, with a tooth dorsally, and 4 – 6 spines (2 – 3 subapical and 2 – 3 mesial spines isolated in the distal third); tegmen trapezoid.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1C236BCC64FAB14EAB.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. (Fig. 3) Kermanshah province (Barzegar et al., 2014), Razavi Khorasan province (Heidari Latibari et al., 2016 a), Sistan and Baluchestan province (new record). Global distribution. Afrotropical (Kenya, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe); Australasia (Australia [mailand, Tasmania], Hawaiian Islands (USA), Mariana Islands (USA), Marshall Islands, Micronesia [Kosrae Island, Pohnpei Island], New Zealand); Nearctic (Canada, United States); Neotropical (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador [Galapagos Islands], Panama); Oriental (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand); Palearctic (Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain [mainland, Canary Islands], Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1B236BC9F7FC704CF7.taxon	description	Synonyms. = amoena (Winnertz, 1867); = alma (Winnertz, 1871); = caldaria (Lintner, 1895); = coprophila (Lintner, 1895); = domestica Frey, 1948; = incomta (Winnertz, 1867); = marcilla (Hutton, 1902); = nanella (Frey, 1936); = selecta (Winnertz, 1871); = setigera (Winnertz, 1867); = silvatica (Meigen, 1818); = sexdentata (Pettey, 1918); = triseriata (Winnertz, 1867); = turbida (Winnertz, 1867); = vana (Winnertz, 1871); = vividula (Winnertz, 1867); = volucris (Winnertz, 1867); = wendalinae (van Bruggen, 1954).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1B236BC9F7FC704CF7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. PARALECTOTYPE, male (Fig. 2 C), GERMANY: “ Thuringia, Liebenstein ” (Menzel & Heller, 2007); specimen mounted on slide in Canada balsam, with labels “ tilicola Lw. / 189 / 8518 / Coll. H. Loew / ♂ / Paralectotypus / Bradysia / tilicola / (Loew, 1850) / det. F. Menzel 2002 / Quick Response (QR) Barcode: http: // coll. mfn-berlin. de / u / c 2 e 421 ” (© ZMHUB). IRAN: Semnan province, Shahroud county, Salehabad village (36 ° 15 ' 35.56 " N, 54 ° 48 ' 13.52 " E), 1. VII. 2018, 1 ♂, yellow sticky trap, in a greenhouse over Cactus plants (Cactaceae) (Fig. 1 G), B. Gharaei leg. (EMFUM); Razavi Khorasan province, Mashhad county, Torqabeh (36 ° 18 ' 22.17 " N, 59 ° 22 ' 21.10 " E) (Fig. 1 E), 1. VII. 2021, 1 ♂, sweep net over weeds, M. Heidari Latibari leg. (EMFUM); Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sarbaz county (26 ° 30 ' 27.143 " N, 61 ° 02 ' 56.427 " E), 16. V. 2015, 1 ♂, Malaise trap in orchard (Figs 1 A, H), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. (EMFUM).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1B236BC9F7FC704CF7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (male) (Figs 2 A – B) First palpal segment with more than 2 setae and with a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae, without curved margin; macrotrichia on the wing vein sections x and y present; 4 th flagellomere with l / w index of 2.5; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae; R 1 rather long; hypopygium unicoloured dark brown, ventrally without an intergonocoxal differentiation; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short and setose; gonostylus rounded apically, protruded and curved, apex of gonostylus with a short tooth dorsally and with a dense group of 8 – 12 longer, apical / subapical spines; tegmen trapezoid.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9D9A1B236BC9F7FC704CF7.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. (Fig. 3) Razavi Khorasan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province (new records). Global distribution. Afrotropical (South Africa, Tristan da Cunha archipelago); Australasia (New Zealand); Nearctic (Canada, United States); Neotropical (Chile); Palearctic (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Iran [new record], Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nepal, Poland, Portugal [Azores Islands], Russia, Slovakia, Spain [mainland, Canary Islands], Sweden, the Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom). Note. This species is recorded for the first time from the Middle East.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9A9A1B2398CA08FB4C4FA2.taxon	description	Synomym. = perpusilla Winnertz, 1867 (preocc.).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9A9A1B2398CA08FB4C4FA2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. IRAN, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Chahbahar county, Zarabad (25 ° 39 ' 06.700 " N, 59 ° 20 ' 01.396 " E), 15. VI. 2015, 3 ♂♂, Malaise trap on agricultural land surrounded by Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae) (Fig. 1 C), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. (EMFUM).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9A9A1B2398CA08FB4C4FA2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with one long seta only, without deep sensory pit; fore tibia with an irregular row of setae, mostly with weakly developed, curved margin; hypopygium light yellow-brown, ventral base of hypopygium without intergonocoxal differentiation; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites longer and more densely setose; gonostylus slender, with a l / w index of 2.5, gonostylus tapered and pointed, with a dark tooth and 3 light hyaline spines which do not reach the end of the tooth; mesial, long whiplash seta missing; tegmen rounded.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9A9A1B2398CA08FB4C4FA2.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. (Fig. 3) Kermanshah province (Barzegar et al., 2014), Razavi Khorasan province (Heidari Latibari et al., 2016 a), Sistan and Baluchestan province (new record). Global distribution. Nearctic (USA); Palearctic (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal [Azores Islands, Madeira Islands], Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain [mainland, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands], Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9B9A19236BCBDDFD1C49A2.taxon	description	Synonyms. = agarici Loudon, 1978; = auberti (Séguy, 1940); = brevipetiolata (Shaw, 1941); = castanescens (Lengersdorf, 1940); = difficilis (Frey, 1948) (preocc.); = fucorum (Frey, 1948); = jeanneli (Séguy, 1940), = kaiseri (Shaw, 1941); = kaiseri (Shaw, 1941); = paucisetulosa (Frey, 1948); = rufotincta Tuomikoski, 1959; = similans (Johannsen, 1925); = solispina (Hardy, 1956); = trifolii (Pettey, 1918).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9B9A19236BCBDDFD1C49A2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. IRAN, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Chehel Bazeh National Park (36 ° 20 ' 41.53 " N, 59 ° 28 ' 04.77 " E; Fig. 1 F), 1. VI. 2020, 1 ♂, directly collected with aspirator on Pinus mugo Turra (Pinaceae), M. Heidari Latibari leg (EMFUM); Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sarbaz county (26 ° 30 ' 27.143 " N, 61 ° 02 ' 56.427 " E), 16. V. 2015, 2 ♂♂, Malaise trap in an orchard (Figs 1 A, H), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. (EMFUM).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9B9A19236BCBDDFD1C49A2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with some setae and a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a depressed area of dense setae, with closed and clear curved margin; hypopygium brown; ventral base of hypopygium with a small group of 4 – 8 isolated setae on the intergonocoxal membrane; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short and sparsely setose; gonostylus tapered and pointed, with apical tooth; distal half of gonostylus with 4 – 6 mesial spines above a long whiplash seta; tegmen rounded.	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
BE30393BFF9B9A19236BCBDDFD1C49A2.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. (Fig. 3) Razavi Khorasan province (Heidari Latibari et al., 2016 a), Sistan and Baluchestan province (new record). Global distribution. Afrotropical (South Africa, Tristan da Cunha archipelago); Australasia (Australia [mainland, Tasmania, Norfolk Island], Hawaiian Islands (USA), New Zealand); Nearctic (Canada, United States); Palearctic (Afghanistan, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway,? Pakistan, Poland, Portugal [Azores Islands], Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain [mainland, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands], Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom); Subantarctic (French Southern and Antarctic Lands [Kerguelen Island]).	en	Moravvej, Gholamhossein, Heidari Latibari, Minoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa (2022): New record of black fungus gnat (Diptera: Sciaroidea, Sciaridae) from Iran, with a first record for the fauna of the Middle East. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 207-218, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.207, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.207
