Belida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863

Genus Belida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 View in CoL

Diagnosis: Eye bare; fronto-orbital plate in male without proclinate orbital setae; parafacial bare; postpedicel usually at most 2 times as long as pedicel; setulae on posteroventral half of head white; postpronotal setae arranged in a triangle; first supra-alar seta shorter than notopleural setae and shorter than first intra-alar seta; lateral scutellar setae at most 2/3 times as long as subapical setae; fine crossed apical setae usually present; postmetacoxal area membraneous; costal spine as long as crossvein r-m or longer; R 4+5 setose at least halfway to crossvein r-m; wing cell r 4+5 open; mid tibia with 2 or more anterodorsal setae; middorsal depression on abdominal syntergite 1+2 not extending back to hind margin of that segment; abdominal tergites 3 and 4 each with median discal setae.

Remark: This genus is newly recorded from Iran.