Open AccessNew species and new or interesting records of click-beetles from Iran and Iraq (Coleoptera, Elateridae)
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Platia,
I. Gudenzi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
entomologica fennica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2489-4966
pISSN - 0785-8760
DOI - 10.33338/ef.84008
Subject(s) - taxon , calais , ecology , biology , zoology , geography , world wide web , computer science
This paper provides new records and descriptions of eight new species of clickbeetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran and Iraq. The species are grouped according to tribes and the new taxa belong to the genera Calais Castelnau, Idotarmonides Agajew, Melanotus Eschscholtz, Craspedostethus Schwarz, Dicronychus Brullé; new names are proposed for two species of Cardiophorus Eschscholtz (preoccupied).