Elaphropeza feminata Shamshev & Grootaert 2007

Shamshev, Igor V. & Gilasian, Ebrahim, 2025, New species and new records of hybotid dance flies (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae) from Iranian mangrove habitats, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 171-182 : 178-179

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.171
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:75FABF7E-6539-4E7F-A1DC-D851DEF16D48
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15860102
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B0D262E-FFE8-DF09-3A54-13498220C906
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Elaphropeza feminata Shamshev & Grootaert 2007
status

Treatment

Elaphropeza feminata Shamshev & Grootaert 2007 View in CoL

Elaphropeza feminata Shamshev & Grootaert 2007:107 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , fig. 180 (female only). Type locality: Singapore, Chek Jawa. Elaphropeza feminata View in CoL : Grootaert & Shamshev, 2012:101 View Cited Treatment (male), figs 152–155 .

Material examined. 2 ♂♂, Iran: Hormozgan Prov., Qeshm Island, Kovarzin , 26°48'39"N, 055°46'38"E, 0 m a.s.l., McPhail trap, 3–4.xi.2021, E. Gilasian GoogleMaps ; 2♂♂, 1 ♀, Iran: Hormozgan Prov., Bandar-e Khamir, Marduo Island , 26°58'33"N, 055°40'25"E, 3 m a.s.l., yellow pan trap, 30.x–2.xi.2021, E. Gilasian ( HMIM, ZISP) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Iran (Hormozgan Province), Singapore.

Remarks. Elaphropeza feminata is a common species in mangroves of Singapore, which are mainly represented by females ( Grootaert & Shamshev, 2012). The female of this species has a curiously modified postabdomen ( Shamshev & Grootaert 2007: fig. 238). Elaphropeza feminata is recorded for the first time from Iran and from the Palaearctic Realm.