Acemya pyrrhocera (Villeneuve, 1922)

Acomyia pyrrhocera Villeneuve, 1922:342 .

Diagnosis: Fronto-orbital plate with short setae; s cape and pedicel light yellow; vibrissa 0.50–0.75 times as long as face; section of vein M between crossvein dm-cu and bend 0.8–1.1 times as long as shortest distance between bend and wing margin in both sexes; leg including tibia dark brown to black with yellow knees; syntergite 1+2 with 2 median marginal setae.

Material examined: 8♂♂, Chekab valley, 34°08′07.2″N, 50°15′56.1″E, 11.vi–20.vii.2018, 2090 m, Malaise trap, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi.

Distribution: ASIA: China, Mongolia, Eastern Siberia, Tajikistan, Transcaucasia. EUROPE: Italy, France, Spain. Also Afrotropical Region. New record for Iran.