Drapetis Meigen, 1822

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 : 173

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.15860094
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B0D262E-FFED-DF03-3A54-1158849FCE02
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Drapetis Meigen, 1822
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Genus Drapetis Meigen, 1822 View in CoL

Drapetis Meigen, 1822:91 View in CoL . Type species: D. exilis Meigen, 1822 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Remarks. Currently, Drapetis includes about 85 species worldwide, of which 31 are known from the Palaearctic Realm ( Grootaert, 2016; Grootaert & Shamshev, 2012; Grootaert & Hellqvist, 2020; Grootaert et al., 2020; Michelsen & Grootaert, 2019; Raffone, 2011, 2013). In temperate regions, species of Drapetis are found on the bark of tree-trunks, on ground-vegetation, etc. ( Chvála, 1975). Grootaert & Shamshev (2012) described a complex of four species of Drapetis inhabiting the mangroves of Singapore. The new species described herein is the second species of Drapetis known from the territory of Iran. Earlier, Raffone (2007) recorded D. pictitarsis Engel from South-West Iran (Khorramshahr, Khuzestan Province).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Hybotidae