Sayeh Serri

Two new species of the comb-clawed beetles of the genus Mycetocharina Seidlitz, 1890 are described: Mycetocharina (Alleculopsis) borumandi Eshraghi Mofrad & Novák, sp. nov., (Kerman Province) and Mycetocharina (Alleculopsis) kermanica Eshraghi Mofrad & Novák, sp. nov. (Kerman Province). Furthermore, new distributional data for four previously described species of this genus in Iran are provided. Also, a map for Iranian species is given.

Five new species of tenebrionid beetles of the genus Dendarus Dejean, 1821 (Coleo- ptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Dendarini) are described from Iran: Dendarus (Pandarinus) robustus Eshraghi Mofrad & Nabozhenko, sp. nov. (Alborz Mts: Mazandaran Province), Dendarus (Pandarinus) splendidus Nabozhenko & Eshraghi Mofrad, sp. nov. (Zagros Mts: Kurdistan Province), Dendarus (Pandarinus) faizii Nabozhenko & Eshraghi Mofrad, sp. nov. (Zagros Mts: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province), Dendarus (Pandarinus) farsensis Eshraghi Mofrad & Nabozhenko, sp. nov. (Zagros Mts: Fars Province), and Dendarus (Pandarinus) rectithorax Eshraghi Mofrad & Nabozhenko, sp. nov. (Alborz Mts: Mazandaran Province). Dendarus (Pandarinus) armeniacus Baudi di Selve, 1876 is recorded from the Zagros mountain system for the first time. New faunistic data for other Iranian species are given. In total, 11 species of the genus Dendarus are known from Iran with the highest diversity in Alborz and Zagros mountain systems. A key to males of Iranian species of Dendarus is given.

Two new species of ground beetle from Iran are described and illustrated. Zuphium seiedyae sp. nov., collected from the Zagros Mountains in the Fars Province, and Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) shimbarensis sp. nov., found in Khuzestan Province, are presented with detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations. In addition, identification keys and images of all Iranian species are provided. The country record for Chlaenius (T.) gotschii Chaudoir, 1846 is corrected from Iran in Azerbaijan, Chlaenius (T.) albissoni Reitter, 1908 is recorded for the first time from Jordan.

Here we report the presence of Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga, 1971 from Iran, which has been collected on mulberry in Gilan province, as well as on bitter orange and Japanese spindle in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The specimens were collected while feeding on scale insects, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886), Unaspis ...

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.

The sap beetle, Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae), is the first record of this genus and species for the Iranian fauna. The larvae and adults were collected inside ripe fruits of Citrus aurantium, Citrus sinensis var. valencia, Diospyros kaki, Pyrus communis, Prunus persica var. nectarine and P. persica var. ...

In this study, the blister beetles belonging to the Hycleus sexmaculatus species group are revised. Morphological characters are described and figured for each species and keys to both male and female are provided. Hycleus hayki new species from Southwest Iran is described and the following new synonymies are proposed: Mylabris triangulifera ab. reitterioides Mader 1929 = Hycleus bipunctatus (Olivier, 1811) new synonymy; Mylabris triangulifera ab. bushirensis Mader 1929 = Hycleus bipunctatus (Olivier, 1811) new synonymy; Mylabris javeti Marseul, 1870 = Hycleus colligatus (Redtenbacher, 1850) new synonymy; Mylabris javeti umbilicatus Kaszab, 1958 = Hycleus colligatus (Redtenbacher, 1850) new synonymy; Hycleus amrishi Makhan, 2012 = Hycleus cingulatus (Faldermann, 1837) new synonymy. Additional remarks which rectify previous errors in the identification of the species are provided. The taxonomic positions of Zonabris soumacovi Pic, 1930 and Zonabris sialanus Pic, 1929 are also discussed. Phylogenetic relationships of the species, based on a subset of available species inferred from molecular data are proposed, and some morphologically defined subgroups of species are distinguished with the molecular support. The geographic and ecological distributions of all the species are defined, and a detailed list of localities is provided. The ecological information including phenology, elevation and host plants of the species are summarized in a table. Based on literature records, collections and recently collected data, the distribution of the sexmaculatus species and their biogeographic characteristics are discussed.

Teratolytta capillata sp. n., the southernmost representative of the section I of this genus, is described, figured and the diagnostic characters within T. carlae group are listed. An updated identification key to the males of Teratolytta species is also provided.

A new species of the genus Microdaccus Schaum, 1864, M. bushehricus sp. n., is described from Bidkhun in Bushehr Province, southern Iran.

In this contribution to the knowledge of the Steninae MacLeay, 1825 of Iran we present an identification key to the 69 species known to occur in this country, which includes illustrations of the diagnostic genital characters of all species involved. The endophallic characters of the aedeagus of several Iranian species of Stenus Latreille, 1797 are illustrated for the first time. A critical checklist of the Steninae of Iran is presented at the province level. Stenus alanorum Ryvkin, 1990 is synonymized with S. medus Puthz, 1981.