Besseria zonaria (Loew, 1847)

Actia zonaria Loew, 1847:275 . [For further synonyms see Herting & Dely-Draskovits (1993)].

Diagnosis: Vein M not reaching wing margin, lower calyper in dorsal view at most half as wide as scutellum; female abdomen in lateral view as in plate 23 Fig. 8 in Cerretti (2006).

Material examined: 1♀, Sibak valley, 34°08′06.0″N, 50°10′59.0″E, 16.vi–15.vii.2018, 1872 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution: ASIA: Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Turkey. EUROPE: Western Russia, Greece, Croatia, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal. Also Afrotropical Region. New record for Iran.