Кавказский энтомол. бюллетень 8(2): 232–239 © CAUCASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL BULL. 2012

Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel (Coleoptera: ) fauna of Kurdistan Province of Iran. Part 1. Subfamilies , and

Материалы к изучению фауны жуков-златок (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) провинции Курдистан, Иран. Часть 1. Подсемейства Julodinae, Polycestinae и Chrysochroinae

H. Ghobari1, M.Yu. Kalashian2, J. Nozari1 Х. Гобари1, М.Ю. Калашян2, Дж. Нозари1

1Department of Plant Protection, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, PO Box 4111, Karaj, Iran. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 2Institute of Zoology, Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, P. Sevak str., 7, Yerevan 0014 Armenia. Email: [email protected]

1Отдел защиты растений Университетского колледжа сельского хозяйства и природных ресурсов Тегеранского университета, PO Box 4111, Карадж, Иран 2Иститут Зоологии, Научный центр зоологии и гидроэкологии НАН РА, ул. П. Севака, 7, Ереван 0014 Армения

Key words: Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Iran, Kurdistan, fauna, new records. Ключевые слова: Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Иран, Курдистан, фауна, новые указания.

Abstract. 60 species of jewel-beetles (Coleoptera: and some identifications are obviously wrong. So, faunistic Buprestidae) belonging to three subfamilies (Julodinae, composition of the fauna of Kurdistan has to be clarified. In Polycestinae and Chrysochroinae) were collected in this paper the results of study of material collected by one Kurdistan Province of Iran during 2009–2011. Of these of the authors (H. Ghobari) in 2009–2011 in the province 7 species from 6 genera are new for Iranian fauna and are presented; in general 60 species were collected, 7 of 41 species from 9 genera are new for Kurdistan them are new for Iranian fauna and 41 – for the fauna of Province. Kurdistan. Резюме. В 2009–2011 годах в провинции Курдистан (Западный Иран) были собраны 60 видов Material жуков-златок (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), относящихся к трем подсемействам (Julodinae, Polycestinae и The material was collected from different parts of Chrysochroinae). 7 видов из 6 родов оказались Kurdistan Province with different types of vegetation новыми для фауны Ирана и 41 вид из 9 родов впервые (rangelands, oak forests, gardens) in 2009–2011. указываются для Курдистана. Traditional collecting methods were used: sweeping on grass vegetations, beating of branches of trees and bushes, Introduction trapping using different kinds of traps [Barimani Varandi et al., 2010]: sticky traps [Oliver et al., 2004], color traps Fauna of the jewel-beetles of Kurdistan Province of [Sakalian, Langourov, 2004], window traps, yellow pan traps Iran is one of the worst studied among Iranian provinces. [Bellamy, 2000], malaise traps [Matheus R., Matheus J., In most recent list of Palaearctic beetles – Catalogue of 1983]. Palaearctic Coleoptera (thereafter – “Catalogue”) [Bílý, Data on general distribution, taxonomy and 2006; Jendek, 2006; Kubáň, 2006; Volkovitsh, 2006; nomenclature are given according to Catalogue. Data on Volkovitsh, Kalashian, 2006; Volkovitsh, Kubáň, 2006] distribution in Iran are taken mainly from some surveys on 366 species and subspecies of Buprestidae are referred to country’s fauna listed in Introduction. Iranian fauna; further works [Ghahari et al., 2008; Barimani Varandi et al., 2009] enlarged this number by another 13 Subfamily Julodinae Lacordaire, 1857 species. Among these only 27 species are cited for Kurdistan armeniaca Marseul, 1865 Province (including 11 species which are reported as “generally distributed” or for “Western provinces of Iran” Material. Oramanat-Dezli, 35°20’36.51”N / 46°10’26.06”E, 1800 m, as a whole without reference to the concrete provinces) in 20.06.2010, on Astragalus sp. several survey works on Iranian fauna (both faunistic and Distribution. Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Cyprus; Iran: dedicated to agricultural and forestry pests) [Farahbakhsh, reported from Bushehr, Golestan, Kermanshah [Borumand, 1961; Radjabi, 1968, 1974, 1991; Bílý, 1983; Abai, 1984; 2004] and as Julodis armeniaca var. cyrus Obenberger, Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2002; Ghahari et al., 1924 from Mazandaran [Rajabi, 1974; Modarres Awal, 2008, etc.]. Actual taxonomic position of many of the 1997]. Divided into three subspecies, only nominotypical species listed in the works above mentioned is not clear subspecies is known from Iran. New record for Kurdistan. H. Ghobari, M.Yu. Kalashian, J. Nozari 233

Julodis andreae (Olivier, 1790) Subfamily Polycestinae Lacordaire, 1857 (s. str.) edmundi Obenberger, 1935 Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 25.05, 16.06, 8.07.2010, 20.06, 11.07, and 3.08.2011, window trap; Sanandaj- Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, Saral, rangeland, 20.06.2011, window trap; Oramanat (Dezli), 35°20’36”N / 14.06.2011, white pan trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 46°10’26”E, 1800 m, 20.06.2010, Astragalus sp.; Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 13.06.2011, white pan and window trap; 5.07.2011, white pan trap. 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, 2000 m, 4.05.2009, Astragalus sp. Distribution. Bulgaria, Greece, Syria, Turkey Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, (A. e. edmundi), Afghanistan, Pakistan (A. e. afghanica Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iraq; Iran: reported from several Volkovitsh, 1990); in Iran occurs nominotypical subspecies provinces including Kurdistan by Borumand [2004] and reported from Fars by Bílý [1983] and Volkovitsh [1986] and Bílý [1983] (as J. onopordi andreae Olivier, 1790), by Radjabi as A. irrorata Reitter, 1890 from Kerman by Radjabi [1968] [1974], Bílý [1983], Modarres Awal [1997] and Borumand and Modarres Awal [1997]. New record for Kurdistan. [2004] (as J. onopordi sovitzi, 1830) and by Radjabi [1976] and Modarres Awal [1997] (as J. onopordi algirica Laporte, Acmaeodera (s. str.) wethloi Obenberger, 1940 1835). The species is divided into four subspecies; only Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, nominotypical one is known from Iran. yellow pan trap; 23.06.2010, blue sticky and yellow pan traps; 14.07.2010, white pan trap. Julodis laevicostata Gory, 1840 Distribution. Turkey; Iran: reported from Lorestan, Fars, Kerman and Bushehr [Bílý, 1983; Volkovitsh, 1986]. Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 25.05, 16.06, and 8.07.2010, 20.06, 11.07, and 3.08.2011, window trap; 20.06.2011, New record for Kurdistan. blue pan trap; Oramanat (Dezli), 35°20’36”N / 46°10’26”E, 1800 m, 20.06.2010, on Astragalus sp.; Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’04”N / Acmaeodera (s. str.) brevipes Kiesenwetter, 1858 46°56’04”E, 2000 m, 4.05.2009, on Astragalus sp. Distribution. Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran – reported by Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, Modarres Awal [1997] as generally distributed. 25.05.2010, window trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 27.07.2011, white pan trap; Sanandaj-Kamyaran road, 35°13’07”N / 46°59’52”E, 1360 m, 29.06.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, Julodis intricata Redtenbacher, 1843 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 7.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj- Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 4.07.2011, white pan trap; Material. Oramanat-Tata, 35°17’9.21”N / 46°12’12.83”E, 2200 m, Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010 and 13.06.2011, 5.05.2009, sweeping; Kamyaran-Aferian Sofla, 34°47’45”N / 46°56’17”E, white pan trap. 1460 m, sweeping. Distribution. Algeria, Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, Distribution. Iraq, Israel, Syria and Turkey; Iran: Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey; Iran: reported from reported from Kermanshah [Radjabi, 1974; Modarres Awal, Kurdistan [Rajabi, 1974; Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 1997; Borumand, 2004]. New record for Kurdistan. 2004]. In Iran occurs A. b. saducaea Obenberger, 1946 occupying eastern part of species area. Julodis audouinii Laporte et Gory, 1835 Acmaeodera (Loepotethya) ocellata Abeille de Perrin, 1891 Material. Kamyaran-Gavshan, 34°58’15”N / 47°00’13”E, 1600 m, 28.05.2011, sweeping. Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02.10”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, Distribution. Turkey, Iraq; Iran: reported in Catalogue 23.06.2010, yellow pan trap. without reference to exact provinces. New record for Distribution. Syria, Turkey, Iraq; Iran: reported Kurdistan. from Kermanshah by Volkovitsh [1986]. New record for Kurdistan. Julodis euphratica Laporte et Gory, 1835 Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) simulans Abeille de Perrin, Material. Avalan, 35°1’51.79”N / 46°51’20.03”E, 2000 m, 4.05.2009. 1891 Distribution. Distributed in Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02.10”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, Tajikistan. Reported from several provinces of Iran (but 1.06.2010, purple pan trap, 23.06.2010, blue pan trap; 13.06.2011, purple not from Kurdistan) by Modarres Awal [1997], Borumand sticky trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 6.07.2010, [2004] etc. According to Catalogue divided into eight and 16.06.2011, purple sticky trap. subspecies three of which (J. e. bushirensis Obenberger, 1928, Distribution. Israel, Lebanon (A. s. simulans); in Iran J. e. karelinii Mannerheim, 1837 and J. e. scenica Kerremans, subspecies A. s. albipilis Abeille de Perrin, 1904 reported 1905) are referred for Iran. Recently J. e. euphratica was in Catalogue without reference to exact provinces. New reported from Lorestan [Bílý et al., 2011]. Our material record for Kurdistan. belongs to the latter subspecies. New record for Kurdistan. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) ottomana (Frivaldszky von Julodella abeillei (Théry, 1893) Frivald, 1840)

Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, green pan and sticky traps, 14.07.2010, green sticky trap; 14.06.2011, 2000 m, 15.04.2011. sticky and window traps; 5.07.2011, green pan and sticky traps; Sarvabad, Distribution. Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran: 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 5.07, and 27.07.2011, purple pan and reported in Catalogue without reference to exact provinces. purple sticky traps. New record for Kurdistan. Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Israel, 234 Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) fauna of Kurdistan Province of Iran. Part 1.

Lebanon, Syria; Iran: reported from Chaharmahal and (s. str.) serricornis (Abeille de Perrin, 1900) Bakhtiari and Ilam [Volkovitsh, 1986] (nominotypical subspecies; two other subspecies distributed in Libya and Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 8.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, Cyprus). New record for Kurdistan. 1350 m, 14.07.2010, blue, and yellow pan, blue and purple sticky and window traps; 5.07.2011, blue and yellow sticky, and window traps; 27.07.2011, Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) saxicola Spinola, 1838 purple pan and window traps; 23.08.2011, blue pan trap; Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 19.07.2010, white pan and yellow sticky traps; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 7.07.2010, white Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, pan trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 11.07.2011, red pan, purple and white sticky and window traps; 23.06.2010, window yellow pan trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 5.07.2011, trap; 1.09.2010, white sticky trap; 14.06.2011, blue sticky trap; Sarvabad, yellow pan trap. 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 30.06.2010, purple sticky trap; 13.06.2011, purple sticky and red pan traps; 5.07.2011, green and red pan traps. Distribution. Israel, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Distribution. Greece, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia; Iran: reported from Ghazvin and Fars [Bílý, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey; Iran: reported from Fars and 1983]. New record for Kurdistan. Bushehr [Volkovitsh, 1986] (nominotypical subspecies; two other subspecies distributed in Crete and Cyprus). Acmaeoderella (s. str.) elbursi (Obenberger, 1924) New record for Kurdistan. Material. Sarveabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, yellow pan trap; 30.06.2010, red pan trap. Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) biseriata Reitter, 1890 Distribution. Greek Islands (Crete, Southern Sporades), Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, green sticky and white pan traps; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / Armenia, Iraq; Iran: described from “Elburs”, reported from 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, purple sticky trap. Tehran, Fars and Bushehr [Bílý, 1983; Volkovitsh, 1986]. Distribution. Israel, Syria, Turkey; new record for New record for Kurdistan. Iran. Acmaeoderella (Omphalothorax) longissima (Abeille de Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) undulata Abeille de Perrin, Perrin, 1904) 1891 Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, white pan and window traps; 14.07.2010, window trap; Material. Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 14.07.2010, yellow pan, sticky, and window traps, 5.07.2011, white pan, 13.06.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, purple and red sticky traps; 27.07.2011, red sticky trap; 23.08.2011, purple 6.07.2010, yellow sticky trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, sticky trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160m, 31.05.2010, yellow 1350 m, 23.06.2010, yellow pan trap; 14.07.2010, green and white sticky sticky trap; 20.07.2010, purple pan trap; 5.07.2011, purple and red sticky and window traps; 14.06.2011, purple and yellow pan trap; 5.07.2011, green, traps; 27.07.2011, purple sticky trap. purple and yellow pan, purple and white sticky traps; 27.07.2011, red and white sticky and yellow pan traps. Distribution. Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey; Iran: Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria; Iran: reported by reported by Volkovitsh [1986] from Chaharmahal and Obenberger [1934] from Kermanshah and by Volkovitsh Bakhtiari. New record for Kurdistan. [1986] from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. New record for Kurdistan. Acmaeoderella (Carininota) flavofasciata (Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783) Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) bodoani Kerremans, 1911 Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 29.08.2010, yellow pan trap; 20.06.2011 and 11.07.2011, window trap; Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, yellow and 1.06.2010 yellow sticky trap; 14.07.2010 and 5.07.2011, purple pan white pan traps; 8.08.2010, yellow sticky trap; 14.06.2011, purple sticky and trap. white pan trap; 5.07.2011, yellow pan, yellow and blue sticky and window Distribution. Turkey; Iran: reported in Catalogue traps; 14.06.2011, purple sticky and white pan traps; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 13.06.2010, yellow pan and window traps; without reference to exact provinces. New record for 7.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 18.06.2011, green, red, yellow pan, purple and Kurdistan. yellow sticky and window traps; 7.07.2011, green and yellow pan, sticky and window traps; 2.08.2011, yellow pan, blue and white sticky traps; Sanandaj- Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m; 15.06.2010, yellow pan trap; Acmaeoderella (Liogastria) chrysanthemi (Chevrolat, 6.07.2010, pan, sticky and window traps; 1.08.2010, purple, yellow pan and 1854) window traps; 16.06.2011, yellow pan, sticky and window traps; 4.07.2011, purple, yellow pan and sticky traps; 25.07.2011, yellow pan, blue purple Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, and yellow sticky traps; 19.08.2011, yellow pan, blue, purple, yellow sticky 8.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 11.07.2011, white pan trap; Marivan-Garan, traps; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, green, red and 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.6.2010, yellow pan trap; 14.07, and yellow sticky traps; 20.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 18.08.2010, window trap; 08.08.2010, window trap; 1.09.2010, green sticky trap; 27.07.2011, white pan 13.06, 5.07, and 27.07.2011, yellow pan trap. trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m; 7.07.2010, blue pan Distribution. Widely distributed in Southern trap; 7.07.2011, white and green pan traps; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / Palaearctic Region (from Western Europe and North Africa 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 4.07.2011, purple pan trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 13.06, and 5.07.2011, sticky traps; Sanandaj-Abidar, to Mongolia); divided into several subspecies. From Iran it 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, red pan, yellow sticky, and is reported by Volkovitsh [1986] from Western Azerbaijan, window traps; 19.07.2010, red and white pan and yellow sticky traps. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (as A. f. aequistriata Abeille de Distribution. Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Perrin, 1904), and from Gilan, Mazandaran and Khorasan (as Armenia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, A. f. persica Mannerheim, 1837), and by Borumand [2002] Turkey. New record for Iran. from Kerman (as Acmaeodera (sic!) f. decorata Marseul, H. Ghobari, M.Yu. Kalashian, J. Nozari 235

1865), and from Sistan and Belujistan (as Acmaeodera (sic!) 2000 m, 4.05.2009, sweeping; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, f. persica Mnnh.) (the name persica Mnnh. now is attributed 1460 m, 13.06, 7.07.2010 and 16.07.2011, yellow pan trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 14.07.2010, yellow and white pan and as subspecific name for taxon belonging to Acmaeodera green sticky traps. pilosellae, and the name decorata Marseul now is in use for Distribution. Distributed in Bulgaria, Greece, subspecies of A. mimonti (Boieldieu, 1865); so, the names of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Southern mentioned taxa by both authors are not clear), and by Bílý Transcaucasia, Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported from [1983] from Golestan (as A. f. tschitscherini Semenov, 1895). Western Azerbaijan, Fars [Borumand, 2004], Ostane In Catalogue [Volkovitsh, 2006] only A. f. aequistriata and Markazi, Mazandaran, Semnan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari A. f. chorasanica Volkovitsh et Alexeev, 1994, are referred and Boierahmad and Kermanshah [Volkovitsh, 1986] and for Iran (without exact locality data). Barimani Varandi as A. cuprifera (Laporte et Gory, 1835) from Gilan [Rajabi, et al. [2009] reported the species (without subspecific definition) from Mazandaran. Distributional patterns and 1968; Modarres Awal, 1997], Esfahan, Lorestan, Sistan and state of the subspecies of A. flavofasciata in Iran have to be Balochestan and Tehran [Borumand, 2004]. New record for clarified. Our material belongs to A. f. aequistriata (Abeille Kurdistan. de Perrin, 1904). New record for Kurdistan. Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) gibbulosa (Ménétriés, Acmaeoderella (Carininota) impunctata (Abeille de 1832) Perrin, 1891) Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, 16.06.2010, blue pan trap; 8.07.2010, yellow and white pan traps; 29.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 23.06.2010, yellow and white pan, yellow sticky and window yellow pan trap; 29.08.2010, red pan trap; 20.06.2011, purple sticky trap; traps; 14.07.2010, yellow and white pan, purple and yellow sticky and window 11.07.2011, yellow and white pan traps; 27.08.2011, blue and yellow pan traps; 8.08.2010, blue sticky, yellow pan and window traps; 14.06.2011, traps; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 8.08.2010, all types yellow pan and window trap; 5.07.2011, yellow and white pan, yellow and of traps used; 1.06.2010, white pan and sticky traps; 23.06.2010, blue and white sticky and window traps; 27.07.2011, yellow and white pan, purple and white pan, yellow sticky and window traps; 14.06.2011, yellow and white pan, yellow sticky and window traps; 23.08.2011, white pan and window traps; blue and red sticky and window traps; 5.07.2011, blue and yellow pan, sticky Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 30.06.2010, purple sticky trap; and window traps; 27.07.2011, yellow pan and window traps; Sanandaj- 13.06.2011, yellow pan, yellow sticky and window traps; 5.07.2011, white and Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 29.05.2010, yellow sticky trap; yellow pan, purple and yellow sticky and window traps; 27.07.2011, white 19.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Abidar (Kani shafa), 35°18’34”N / 46°57’34”E, pan, green sticky and window traps. 1880 m, 4.05.2009, on Asragalus sp.; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m; 13.06.2010, yellow pan trap; 7.07.2010, white pan Distribution. Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran – reported trap; 13.08.2010, yellow pan trap; 26.08.2011, white sticky trap; Sanandaj- in Catalogue without reference to exact provinces. New Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 6.07, and 1.08.2010, window trap; record for Kurdistan. 23.08.2010, blue pan, and yellow sticky traps; 16.06.2011, yellow sticky and window traps; 4.07.2011, yellow pan and window traps; 25.07.2011, blue and yellow pan, blue and white sticky and window traps; 19.08.2011, white sticky Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) villosula (Steven, 1830) trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 13.06.2011, yellow sticky trap; 30.06.2010, window trap; 5.07.2011, yellow pan, yellow sticky, and Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, window traps; 20.07.2010, yellow pan, and purple sticky trapped. 16.06.2010, blue pan trap; 23.06.2010, white and blue pan traps; 8.07.2010, Distribution. Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, blue, yellow pan and white pan traps; 29.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 1.09.2010, Southern European Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, window trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.6.2010, white pan and window traps; 14.06.2011, yellow pan, red and yellow sticky Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Trancaucasia, Turkmenistan, and traps; 14.07.2010, blue, yellow and white pan, yellow and white sticky Kazakhstan; Iran: reported from Ostane Markazi, Semnan, and window traps; 5.07.2011, yellow pan and window traps; 27.07.2011; Lorestan, Hamadan, Fars and Khorasan [Volkovitsh, 1986] Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, yellow sticky and from Golestan [Bílý, 1983; Borumand, 2004] and trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 7.07.2011, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 6.07.2010, Mazandaran [Barimani Varandi et al., 2009]; as A. cuprinula yellow pan, yellow, green sticky and window traps; 1.08.2010, yellow sticky (Reitter, 1890) reported also from Tehran and as A. lugens and window traps; 4.07.2011, purple and yellow sticky traps; 25.07.2011, Gory, 1840 from Zanjan [Radjabi, 1968, 1991; Modarres yellow pan trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, yellow and white pan traps; 30.06.2010, white pan trap; 20.07.2010 and Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2004]. New record for Kurdistan. 13.06.2011, yellow pan trap; 5.07.2011, yellow pan, yellow sticky and window traps, 27.07.2011, yellow pan trap; 23.08.2011, green pan trap; 19.09.2011, Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) safavii Volkovitsh, 1981 yellow sticky trap; Sanandaj-Kamyaran road, 35°59’35”N / 46°57’56”E, 1500 m, 18.06.2010, on Compositae. Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, Distribution. Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, 25.05.2010, white sticky trap; 16.06.2010, white pan, and window traps; Syria, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan, 8.07.2010, white pan and window trap, 29.07, 29.08.2010 window trap, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported as A. boryi Brullé, 1832 from 20.06.2011, yellow and white pan and white sticky traps; 11.07.2011, white pan, green and red sticky traps; 26.09.2011, window trap; Marivan-Garan, Eastern Azerbaijan, Gilan, Mazandaran, Markazi, Lorestan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, window trap; 23.06.2010, yellow Sistan and Balochestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari [Bílý, pan, and window traps; 14.07.2010, blue sticky, and window traps; 8.08.2010, 1983; Volkovitsh, 1986] and Kerman [Borumand, 2004]. window trap; 1.09.2010, purple sticky trap; 14.06.2011, purple pan, blue, yellow and white sticky, and window traps; 5.07.2011, white and yellow pan, New record for Kurdistan. red and white sticky, and window traps; 27.07.2011, yellow and white pan, blue, red and yellow sticky and window traps; Oramanat (Dezli), 35°20’36”N / Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) vetusta (Ménétriés, 46°10’26”E, 1800 m, 5.05.2009, on Asragalus sp.; Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, white pan and window traps; 1832) 19.07.2010, yellow pan, and window traps; Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 7.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 18.06.2011, blue pan and Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 16.06, white sticky traps; 2.08.2011, yellow and white pan and yellow sticky traps; and 8.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 11.07.2011, purple pan trap; Sanandaj-Abidar, Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 15.06, and 6.07.2010, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, yellow sticky trap; 19.07.2010, yellow trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, window white pan trap; Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, trap; 30.06.2010, white pan, and window traps; 13.06.2011, red sticky trap; 236 Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) fauna of Kurdistan Province of Iran. Part 1.

5.07.2011, purple sticky and window traps; 27.07.2011, yellow and white (Stigmatophorella) orientalis Obenberger, pan, blue and red sticky traps. 1924 Distribution. Distributed in Iran, described from Fars, Lorestan and Ghazvin [Volkovitsh, 1981]. New record Material. Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, 2000 m, for Kurdistan. 15.06.2011, sweeping. Distribution. Described from Iran (Balochestan), Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) brandli Volkovitsh, reported also from Afghanistan and Pakistan. New record 1981 for Kurdistan.

Material. Sanandaj-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, anthracina (Fischer von Waldheim, 1830) 16.06.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 16.06.2011, window trap. Material. Avalan, 35°01’51.79”N / 46°51’20.03”E, 2000 m, 4.05.2009, Distribution. Syria, Turkey; Iran: Luristan, Kurdistan, sweeping; Divandare-Soltan Mountain, 35°44’10.02”N / 46°33’0.84”E, Fars and Tehran [Volkovitsh, 1981]. 2010 m, 3.06.2011, sweeping; Abidar-Sanandaj, 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, 2000 m, 15.06.2011, sweeping. Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) hamadanica Distribution. Turkey, Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran: Volkovitsh, 1983 reported from several provinces, including Kurdistan [Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2002]. Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 8.08.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 19.07.2010, yellow pan trap. Capnodis henningii Faldermann, 1835 Distribution. Iran: described from Hamadan. New record for Kurdistan. Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’4.7”N / 46°56’4.7”E, 2000 m, 4.05.2009, sweeping; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39»N / 46°56’05»E, 1460 m, 4.07.2011, blue pan trap. Xantheremia (s. str.) niehuisi Volkovitsh, 2011 Distribution. The Southern Caucasus, Turkey, Material. Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 13.06, Syria, Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran – reported by Modarres 7.07, and 13.08.2010, yellow pan, and window traps; 18.06.2011, yellow and Awal [1997] (as C. carbonaria henningi) as “generally green pan, yellow sticky, and window traps; 7.07.2011, yellow and red pan, distributed”. yellow, purple and green sticky traps; 2.08.2011, yellow, red and green pan, and sticky traps; 26.08.2011, yellow and blue pan, white, yellow and green sticky traps; 18.09.2011, yellow and green sticky traps; Sanandaj-Noshor, Capnodis sexmaculata Ballion, 1871 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 6.07.2010, yellow pan, and window trap; 1.08.2010, yellow pan and yellow sticky traps. Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’4.7”N / 46°56’4.7”E, Distribution. Recently described from Turkey 2000 m, 20.06.2010, sweepng. [Volkovitsh, 2011]; new record for Iran. Distribution. Central Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan; Iran: reported by Modarres Awal [1997] and Borumand undecimmaculata (Herbst, 1784) [2002] from northern provinces; new record for Kurdistan.

Material. Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, Capnodis tenebrionis (Linnaeus, 1758) 13.06.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Gerize, 35°16’18”N / 47°01’43”E, 1400 m, 6.05.2009, sweeping. Material. Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, Distribution. Widely distributed in Southwestern part 25.07.2011, window trap. of Palaearctic Region, introduced to Neotropical Region. Distribution. Widely distributed in Mediterranean Iran: reported from Esfahan, Fars, Ghazvin, Gilan and Region, in Central Europe, Ukraine, whole the Caucasus, Kurdistan [Radjabi, 1968; Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, in Iraq, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan; Iran – reported by 2004] and Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad [Bílý, 1983]. Modarres Awal [1997] as “generally distributed”.

Subfamily Chrysochroinae Laporte, 1835 Capnodis tenebricosa (Olivier, 1790) Chalcophorella (s. str.) stigmatica (Dalmann, 1817) Material. Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 5.07.2011, 7.09.2010, white sticky trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, window trap. 31.05.2010, purple pan trap. Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, Turkey, Distribution. Widely distributed in SW Palaearctic Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq; Iran: reported from from SW Europe and N Africa to Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kermanshah, Western Azerbaijan, Markazi and Esfahan Iraq and Afghanistan; Iran: reported by Bílý [1983] as [Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2002]. New record for C. t. aurosparsa Abeille, 1891 (synonym of C. t. tenebricosa) Kurdistan. from several localities from S, N and NE Iran. According to Borumand [2002] this species is represented in Iran in Chalcophorella (Stigmatophorella) escalerae (Abeille de 3 subspecies – C. t. tenebricosa in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Perrin, 1904) Fars, Golestan, Kerman, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahamad and Tehran, C. t. aurosparsa in Esfahan, Material. Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, 2000 m, Ghazvin and Lorestan and C. t. persica Obenberger, 1945, 4.05.2009, 15.06.2011, sweeping. in Ilam, Kermanshah, Khuzestan and Mazandaran; real Distribution. Iranian endemic, reported from Fars, state of the Borumand’s material is not clear. In Catalogue Lorestan and Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad [Modarres [Kubáň, 2006] 3 subspecies (without exact locality data) Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2002]. New record for Kurdistan. are referred for Iranian fauna as well – C. t. tenebricosa, H. Ghobari, M.Yu. Kalashian, J. Nozari 237

C. t. bucharica Obenberger, 1945, and C. t. bushirensis (Palpilatis) johanidesi Niehuis, 2002 Kubáň, 2006 (replacement name for C. t. persica). Distributional patterns of these subspecies in Iran have to Material. Marivan Garan, 35°32’02”N/ 46°18’05”E, 1350m, 23.06.2010, be clarified. Our specimens belong to C. t. tenebricosa. New window trap; 14.07.2010, purple sticky and window traps; 8.08.2010, green sticky trap; 13.06.2011 window trap; Sarvabad, , 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, record for Kurdistan. 1160 m, 27.07.2011, yellow pan trap. Distribution. Recently described from Eastern Capnodis miliaris (Klug, 1829) Turkey and Northeastern Iraq [Niehuis, 2002]; new record for Iran. Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’4.7”N / 46°56’4.7”E, 2000 m, 20.05.2011, 15.06.2011, sweeping. Distribution. Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan (Palmar) balcanica (Kirchsberg, 1876) Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, NW China Material. Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 16.06.2011, green sticky trap and green pan trap; 4.07.2011, green and blue (C. m. miliaris), Afghaniztan, Tajikistan, S Uzbekistan sticky and window traps; 19.08.2011, purple, green and blue pan traps; (C. m. metallica Ballion, 1871). In Iran nominotypical Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 23.08.2011, blue pan trap. subspecies reported from several provinces but not from Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kurdistan [Farahbakhsh, 1961; Bílý, 1983; Abai, 1984; Turkey. New record for Iran. Behdad, 1988; Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2004]. New record for Kurdistan. (s. str.) hypocrita Mannerheim, 1837

Perotis lugubris (Fabricius, 1777) Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 16.06.2010, yellow pan trap. Material. Sanandaj-Baghel abad, 35°35’09”N / 47°9’01”E, 1750 m, Distribution. Transcaucasia, South European Russia, 18.06.2010. Turkey, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported Distribution. Southern and Central Europe, East from Tehran [Radjabi, 1968; Borumand, 2004]. New record Mediterranean Region, Iraq, Turkmenistan; the species is for Kurdistan. divided into 4 subspecies. In Iran P.l. longicollis Kraatz, 1880 is reported from Ghazvin, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kohgiluyeh Sphenoptera (s. str.) demissa Marseul, 1865 and Boyerahmad, Tehran [Borumand, 2004], Kurdistan and northern provinces [Farahbakhsh, 1961; Radjabi, 1968; Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, Abai, 1984; Behdad, 1988; Modarres Awal, 1997; Barimandi 25.06.2010, on Astragalus sp. Varandi, 2010], and P. l. mutabilis Abeille de Perrin, 1896 is Distribution. Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkmenistan, reported from Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad and Fars [Bílý, Turkey; Iran: reported as S. ajax Kerremans, 1913 and 1983 (as Aurigena); Borumand, 2004]. In Catalogue [Kubáň, S. shahrudensis Obenberger, 1927 from Fars [Rajabi, 1968; 2006] besides subspecies above mentioned P.l. transcaspica Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2004], and as S. profusa Semenov, 1890 is reported for Iran as well. Our material Kerremans, 1909 from Tehran [Bílý, 1983]. New record for belongs to P. l. longicollis. Kurdistan.

Perotis cuprata (Klug, 1829) Sphenoptera (s. str.) anthracina Jakovlev, 1887

Material. Sanandaj-Gerize, 35°16’18”N / 47°01’43”E, 1400 m, Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, 6.05.2009, sweeping. 2000 m, 3.06.2011, on Astragalus sp.; Oramanatat-Tata, 35°17’09”N / 46°12’12”E, 2200 m, 7.05.2009 on Austragalus sp. Distribution. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iraq, Jordan, Distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan; Lebanon, Syria and Turkey; Iran: reported from Western Iran – reported in Catalogue without reference to exact Azerbaijan, Eastern Azerbaijan, Esfahan, Fars, Kermanshah, provinces. New record for Kurdistan. Kerman, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad and Lorestan [Modarres Awal, 1997 (as P. cuprata var. capnodiformis Sphenoptera (s. str.) lapidaria (Brullé, 1832) Reitter, 1883); Borumand, 2004]. New record for Kurdistan. Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 25.05.2010, yellow sticky trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, (Spinthoptera) mimosae (Klug, 1829) 1350 m, 1.06.2010 and 14.06.2011, red and white sticky traps. Distribution. France, Italy (Sicilia), Balkan Peninsula, Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), rangeland-garden, 3.06.2011. Israel, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Transcaucasia; Iran: reported Distribution. Greece (Rhodos), Arabian Peninsula, from Khorasan, Eastern Azerbaijan and Fars [Radjabi, 1968, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, North Africa and 1976; Borumand, 2004] and as S. ogloblini Obenberger, 1927 some countries of Sub-Saharan Africa; Iran: as from Fars, Mazandaran, Tehran and Yazd [Radjabi, 1968, 1976; Modarres Awal, 1997]. New record for Kurdistan. (Lampetis) mimosae reported by Modarres Awal [1997] from Gorgan and by Borumand [2002] from Golestan and Sphenoptera (s. str.) tragacanthae (Klug, 1829) as P. (L.) rugosa (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) by both authors from Sistan and Baluchestan. Major part of species area Material. Bijar-changiz ghale, 35°52’28”N / 47°31’53.83”E, 2150 m, including Iran occupied by nominotypical subspecies; 12.07.2009, on Astragalus sp.; Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 25.05, 16.06, 8.07.2010 and 11.07.2011, window trap and on two other subspecies described from Egypt and one from Astragalus sp.; Sanandaj-Abidar (Kani shafa), 35°18’34”N / 46°57’34”E, Senegal. New record for Kurdistan. 1880 m, 6.06.2011, on Astragalus sp. 238 Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) fauna of Kurdistan Province of Iran. Part 1.

Distribution. Greece, Crimea, Transcaucasia, Syria, Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijan, Armenia; Iran: reported as S. cassia Obenberger, Iran: reported by Bílý [1983] and Borumand [2002] 1929 from Tehran [Bílý, 1983]. New record for Kurdistan. under several names (S. glabrata irenae Obenberger, 1927, S. adusta Jakovlev, 1887, S. aethiops Jakovlev, 1891, Sphenoptera (Deudora) sobrina Jakovlev, 1886 S. klickai Obenberger, 1927, S. luristana Kerremans, 1909, S. mniszechi Marseul, 1865, S. morosa Jakovlev, Material. Sanandaj-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 1908, S. zarathustrae Obenberger, 1920) from several 20.06.2011, blue sticky trap. provinces of Iran. New record for Kurdistan. Distribution. Turkey. New record for Iran.

Sphenoptera (s. str.) eugenii Jakovlev 1899 Sphenoptera (Tropeopeltis) servistana Obenberger, 1929

Material. Sanandaj-Abidar (Kani shafa), 35°18’34”N / 46°57’34”E, Material. Sanandaj-Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 1880 m, 6.06.2011, sweeping. 7.07.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, Distribution. Transcaucasia, Iran: reported by Bílý 6.07.2010, purple sticky trap; 6.07.2010, blue sticky trap; 27.07.2010, purple [1983] from Alborz and Tehran. New record for Kurdistan. sticky trap; 1.08.2010, white sticky trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, window trap; Kamyaran, garden, 27.07.2010. Sphenoptera (Chilostetha) cauta Jakovlev, 1904 Distribution. Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported as S. kambyses Obenberger, 1930 from Iran as “generally Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 5.07.2011, distributed” [Afshar, 1944; Salavatian, 1950; Farahbakhsh, red sticky trap; 27.07.2011, blue and red sticky and window traps; Sanandaj- 1961; Balachowsky, 1969; Radjabi, 1968, 1991; Behdad, Noshor, 35°01’39”N / 46°56’05”E, 1460 m, 4.07.2011, window trap; Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 11.07.2011, blue pan trap. 1988; Modarres Awal, 1997]. Distribution. Southern European Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (S. c. palea Obenberger, 1952), nominotypical Sphenoptera (Tropeopeltis) tappesi Marseul, 1865 subspecies is known from Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Greece, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Material. Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, purple sticky trap; 14.07.2010, blue sticky trap; 14.06.2011, green sticky Slovakia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Armenia. From Iran the trap; 5.07.2011, blue sticky trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°1’39”N / 46°56’05”E, species is reported from Mazandaran [Barimani Varandi et 1460 m, 6.07.2010, green sticky trap; 25.07.2011, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj- al., 2009] and (as S. palea) from Northen Iran (Ziaran near Babariz, 35°21’20”N / 47°03’49”E, 1460 m, 2.08.2011, purple sticky trap; the border between Gilan and Ghazvin Provinces) [Bílý, Sarvabad, 35°17’41”N / 46°22’25”E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, purple sticky trap. 1983]. New record for Kurdistan. Distribution. Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey; Iran: reported as S. simulatrix Reitter, 1895 from Fars and Sphenoptera (Chrysoblemma) tristicula Reitter, 1895 Kerman [Bílý, 1983; Borumand, 2004]. New record for Kurdistan. Material. Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, red sticky trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32’02”N / 46°18’05”E, 1350 m, 14.07.2010, yellow sticky trap. Sphenoptera (Tropeopeltis) davatchii Descarpentries, 1960 Distribution. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Turkmenistan; new record for Iran. Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N / 46°22’02”E, 2070 m, 20.06.2011, blue pan trap; Sanandaj-Kamyaran road, 35°13’07”N / 46°59’52”E, 1360 m, 27.07.2010, blue pan trap. Sphenoptera (Deudora) sculpticollis Heyden, 1886 Distribution. Described from Iran, reported as generally distributed [Radjabi, 1968, 1976; Balachowsky, Material. Divandare-Saral, 35°40’18”N/ 46°22’02”E, 2070m, 8.07.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18’04”N / 46°56’04”E, 2000 m, 1969; Behdad, 1988; Zomorrodi, 1990; Modarres Awal, 3.06.2011, sweeping; Sanandaj-Abidar, 35°17’46”N / 46°58’35”E, 1700 m, 1997]. 29.06.2010, white sticky trap. Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Acknowledgements Transcaucasia, Iraq; Iran: reported as S. akbesiana Obenberger, 1920 from Kurdistan and Kermanshah We are glad to express our deepest gratitude to [Salavatian, 1950; Bílý, 1983; Modarres Awal, 1997; Dr. M. Volkovitsh (Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Borumand, 2004]. Russia) and Vitezslav Kubáň (Národní Muzeum v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic) for their kind help in identification Sphenoptera (Deudora) signata Jakovlev, 1887 of some species.

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