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Issue: Vol. 5346 No. 2: 18 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.1
Page range: 101-130
Abstract views: 248
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Click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Khuzestan province (Iran): with three new species, Craspedostethus izehensis sp.n., Dicronychus khuzestanicus sp. n. and Gurjevelater catei sp. n.

Insect Taxonomy Research Department; Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection; Tehran; Iran
Via Molino Vecchio; 21a; 47043 – Gatteo (FC); Italy
Insect Taxonomy Research Department; Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection; Tehran; Iran
Coleoptera New species new record distributional map climate type

Abstract

More than 730 specimens of Elateridae were collected in Khuzestan province. Thirty three species belonging to 18 genera and five subfamilies are listed. Three new species, Craspedostethus izehensis sp. n., Dicronychus khuzestanicus sp. n., Gurjevelater catei sp. n. are described, along with the female of Aeoloides iranicus Platia & Gudenzi, 2002. Dicronychus houschkai Platia, 2011 is recorded as a new species to Iran. A distributional map and climate data for each species, along with photographs of habitus and genitalia of eight species are presented.

 

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