Bradysia ocellaris ( Comstock, 1882 )

Bradysia ocellaris ( Comstock, 1882) View in CoL

Original description. Comstock (1882):202–204; plate 17, figs 2–4 [as Sciara ].

Synonyms. = disjuncta Yang, Zhang & Yang, 1993 ; = garretti (Shaw, 1952); = johannseni (Shaw, 1952) ; = laffooni (Shaw, 1952) ; = picticornis Yang & Zhang, 1987 ; = prothalliorum (de Meijere, 1946) ; = reynoldsi (Metz, 1938) ; = robusticalcar Alam, 1988 ; = rubicundula Frey, 1948 ; = tritici (Coquillett, 1895) .

Material examined. IRAN, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Rask county, 26°13'19.70"N, 61°24'31.53"E, 24.IV.2015, 3♂♂, sweep net over weeds in Date Palm ( Phoenix dactylifera L., Arecaceae ) and Mango orchards ( Mangifera indica L., Anacardiaceae ) ( Fig. 1B), M. Ghafouri Moghaddam leg. ( EMFUM).

Diagnosis. (male) First palpal segment with more than 2 setae and a deep sensory pit; apex of fore tibia with a comb-like row of setae, without curved margin; hypopygium conspicuously yellow to reddishbrown, with dark tips of gonostyli; inner ventral margin of gonocoxites short setose; gonostylus rounded apically, with a tooth dorsally, and 4–6 spines (2–3 subapical and 2–3 mesial spines isolated in the distal third); tegmen trapezoid.

Distribution in Iran. ( Fig. 3) Kermanshah province ( Barzegar et al., 2014), Razavi Khorasan province ( Heidari Latibari et al., 2016a), Sistan and Baluchestan province ( new record).

Global distribution. Afrotropical ( Kenya, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe); Australasia ( Australia [mailand, Tasmania], Hawaiian Islands ( USA), Mariana Islands ( USA), Marshall Islands, Micronesia [ Kosrae Island, Pohnpei Island], New Zealand); Nearctic ( Canada, United States); Neotropical ( Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador [ Galapagos Islands], Panama); Oriental ( Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand); Palearctic ( Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain [mainland, Canary Islands], Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom).