Crossopalpus subaenescens Collin, 1960

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.15860090
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scientific name	Crossopalpus subaenescens Collin, 1960
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Crossopalpus subaenescens Collin, 1960 View in CoL

Crossopalpus subaenescens Collin, 1960:386 View in CoL . Type-localities: “in Egypt at Kerdace, Ezbet Naghl and Siva; in Palestine at the Dead Sea, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem and from Carmel, Haifa; S. Arabia, Yemen Prov.”

Material examined. 7 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Iran: Hormozgan Prov., Gabrik protected area, Keyki , 25°41'49.7"N, 058°30'32.9"E, 0 m a.s.l., light trap, 15.v.2022, M. Mofidi & A. Hajiesmaeilian GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Palaearctic: Asia: Jordan, Iran, Israel, Yemen; North Africa: Egypt. Afrotropics: Sudan.

Remarks. Crossopalpus subaenescens is broadly distributed over the Middle East but it is recorded for the first time from Iran. The specimens that we examined were collected by a light trap.