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Type: Article
Published: 2013-12-10
Page range: 101–122
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A checklist of the Kateretidae and Nitidulidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

ul. Wiejska 4B/85, 15-352 Białystok, Poland
Department of Plant Protection, Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Coleoptera sap beetles short-winged flower beetles checklist Iran

Abstract

The current knowledge of the geographic distribution of short-winged flower beetles and sap beetles (Kateretidae and Nitidulidae, respectively) from Iran is summarized. In total, 84 species of Nitidulidae (in 22 genera and 5 subfamilies: Epuraeinae, Carpophilinae, Cryptarchinae, Nitidulinae, Meligethinae) and 6 species of Kateretidae (in 4 genera: Brachyleptus Motschulsky, Brachypterolus Grouvelle, Brachypterus Kugelann, Kateretes Herbst) are listed. Brachyleptus discolor Reitter, Brachypterus glaber (Newman) (both Kateretidae), Epuraea distincta (Grimmer), Soronia oblonga (Brisout), Lamiogethes bidens (Brisout), Lamiogethes medvedevi (Kirejtshuk), Sagittogethes devillei (Grouvelle) and Xerogethes rotundicollis (Brisout) (Nitidulidae) are new records for Iran.