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Issue: Vol. 4394 No. 4: 16 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.3
Page range: 517–536
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 8

Three new species, Elathous zagrosensis sp. n., Zorochros dilatatus sp. n., and Dicronychus iranicus sp. n., and noteworthy records of click beetles from western Iran (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran.
Via Molino Vecchio, 21a, 47043—Gatteo (FC), Italy.
Agricultural Entomology Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran.
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran.
Coleoptera Elateridae central Zagros distribution climate region

Abstract

Thirty-two species of Elateridae are listed from the central region of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran. Three new species, Elathous zagrosensis sp. n., Zorochros dilatatus sp. n., and Dicronychus iranicus sp. n. are described. Cardiophorus bellus Platia & Gudenzi, is recorded for the first time from Iran. Distribution maps and climate data are presented for all species.

 

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