Coenosia humilis Meigen, 1826

Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, Pont, Adrian C. & Gilasian, Ebrahim, 2020, The genus Coenosia Meigen in Iran, with a key to species and description of a new species (Diptera: Muscidae), Zootaxa 4877 (3), pp. 559-574 : 569

Coenosia humilis Meigen, 1826

( Figs 22 , 32–34 )

Material examined. Iran: Markazi: 1♂, Haftad-Qolleh Protected Area, Sibak valley , 34º8’6.5”N 50º10’59.01”E, 1872m, 17.iii–10.vi.2018, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ( HMIM) ; 1♂, 1♀, Kaftar-khoon valley , 34º6’49”N 50º16’48.6”E, 2203m, 18.iii–11.vi.2018, E. Gilasian & M. Parchami-Araghi ( CNC) .

Diagnosis. The species C. humilis differs from C. attenuata in having longer aristal hairs and round abdominal spots (pubescent arista and lack of abdominal spots in C. attenuata ) as well as largely dark femora (entirely yellow femora in the male of C. attenuata ).

Distribution. New to Iran, C. humilis is found throughout the Holarctic and Oriental regions, North Africa and the Middle East ( Syria, Israel, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq), Turkey and Armenia ( Pont 2018, 1991 a, 1986, Barták et al. 2004).

Remarks. In Indonesia, Harwanto et al. (2004) studied the behaviour and predation rates of C. humilis on leafmining agromyzid and fungus gnat pests in both the laboratory and potato croplands.

Figures

FIGURES 20–25. Coenosia species, males, lateral view. 20. C. atra; 21. C. attenuata; 22. C. humilis; 23. C. testacea; 24. C. nigridigita; 25. C. tigrina.

FIGURES 26–34. Coenosia species, male sternite 5. and hypopygium, posterior and lateral views. 26–28. C. atra; 29–31. C. attenuata; 32–34. C. humilis.