Eumerus argyropus Loew, 1848

Gilasian, Ebrahim, van Steenis, Jeroen & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2022, Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 from Iran (Diptera, Syrphidae), Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3), pp. 483-512 : 499-500

Eumerus argyropus Loew, 1848 ( Fig. 13)

= E. bernhardi Lindner, 1969:342 .

Diagnosis. Eyes short pilose, male holoptic ( Fig. 13C), eye contiguity almost as long as frontal triangle; face white pilose, densely covered with white pollinosity; vertical triangle shiny black; ocellar triangle isosceles, shiny black; basoflagellomere elongated, orange ventrally and black dorsally ( Fig. 13D); scutum with two median pollinose vittae ( Fig. 13A); abdominal terga III and IV, and in female also tergum II, with a pair of rectangular white pollinose maculae ( Fig. 13A), posteriorly whitish pollinose; metatibia and metatarsus in male covered with dense silvery pile ( Fig. 13B); male cercus enlarged ( Fig. 13E); for the details of the male genitalia see figs 4–6 in Claussen and Standfus (2017).

Material examined. IRAN 1 ♂ (glued to a card point), Markazi prov., Haftad- Qolleh Protected Area, Chekab valley , 34°07′05.3″N 50°16′25.3″E, 28 May–16 July 2016, 2219 m, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ( HMIM) ; 2 ♂♂ same as previous except for 8. June. 2020, pan trap, Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi ( HMIM) .

Distribution. Mediterranean parts of Europe; Transcaucasia; Turkey ( Peck, 1988; Claussen & Standfuss, 2017), Iran (New record).