Review of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Iran |
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| Authors: | Maxim Nabozhenko |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Arid Zones, Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russianalassus@mail.ru |
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| Abstract: | Five species of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 Allard, E. (1876): Révision des Helopines vrais de Lacordaire. L'Abeille. Journal d'Entomologie, 14, 1–80. Google Scholar] are known from Iran. Catomus fragilis (Ménétriés, 1848) is recorded from Iran for the first time. Lectotypes of C. persicus Allard, 1876 Allard, E. (1876): Révision des Helopines vrais de Lacordaire. L'Abeille. Journal d'Entomologie, 14, 1–80. Google Scholar] (type species of the genus) and C. semiruber Allard, 1876 Allard, E. (1876): Révision des Helopines vrais de Lacordaire. L'Abeille. Journal d'Entomologie, 14, 1–80. Google Scholar] are designated. These species are also redescribed and figured. A key to the species of Catomus in the Iranian fauna is given. |
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| Keywords: | Tenebrionidae Catomus Iran review key to species |
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