Genus Palesisa Villeneuve, 1929

Diagnosis: Eye bare; ocellar setae proclinate; parafacial bare; facial ridge with usually erect setae on lower 3/5 or more; postpedicel less than 4 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened at most on basal half, second aristomere 1–2.5 times as long as wide; prementum at most 2 times as long as wide; prosternum setose; first supra-alar seta longer than notopleural setae and longer than first intra-alar seta; scutellum with crossed apical setae, without erect preapical setulae; lateral scutellar setae absent or hair-like; wing cell r 4+5 open; tegula black.

Remark: This genus is newly recorded from Iran.