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Issue: Vol. 4378 No. 1: 7 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.2
Page range: 40–48
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Contribution to study of the superfamily Cleroidea (Coleoptera) from Iran and adjacent countries: a checklist of Melyridae, Prionoceridae and Trogossitidae

Department of Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation, Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
Department of Plant Protection, Yadegar—e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Coleoptera Cleroidea Melyridae Prionoceridae Trogossitidae beetles new record Iran

Abstract

The fauna of Iranian Melyridae, Prionoceridae and Trogossitidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) is discussed in this paper. In total 13 species of Melyridae from 3 genera Anthodromius Redtenbacher, Cerallus Jacquelin du Val and Melyris Fabricius, one species of Prionoceridae and one species of Trogossitidae are listed as the fauna of Iran. Cerallus pilosus Reitter, 1889 (Melyridae) and Nemozoma elongatum Linnaeus, 1761 (Trogossitidae) are new records for the fauna of Iran.

 

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