Elodia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863

Gilasian, Ebrahim, Ziegler, Joachim & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2022, The fauna of the family Tachinidae (Diptera) in Haftad-Qolleh Protected Area (Markazi Province), with forty-six new records from Iran and description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1), pp. 49-91 : 68

Genus Elodia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863

Diagnosis: Eye bare; gena 1/6 times as long as maximum diameter of eye or more, at least as wide as parafacial at level of base of antenna; parafacial bare, not strongly narrowed ventrally; facial ridge with usually erect setae on lower 3/5 or more; prosternum setose; first supra-alar seta longer than notopleural setae and longer than first intra-alar seta, wing cell r 4+5 open; section of vein M between crossveins r-m and dm-cu about equal to section between dm-cu and bend of M, the latter section as long as or longer than section between bend and apex of M; R 4+5 setose basally; tegula usually black; middorsal depression on abdominal syntergite 1+2 extending back to hind margin of that segment.

Remark: This genus is newly recorded from Iran.