Palesisa aureola Richter, 1974

Diagnosis: Frons about 0.7 times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; frontal vitta parallel-sided, with same width on its anterior and posterior portion; postpedicel about 3 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on about basal 1/4; basicosta orange; section of vein M between crossvein dm-cu and bend almost as long as shortest distance between bend and wing margin; abdominal syntergite 1+2 with 1 pair of median marginal setae; tergites 3 and 4 orange laterally; cerci in male distinctly shorter than surstyli.

Material examined: 1♂, Sibak valley, 34°08′06.5″N, 50°10′59.0″E, 10.vi.2018, 1812 m, pan trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution: ASIA: China, Mongolia, Western Siberia, Israel. New record for Iran.