Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran 1970, 1973 and 1977. Coleoptera, Cleridae
Brodský O., Winkler J. R.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 42: 293-305, 1987
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Abstract: The representatives of the family Cleridae collected by the expedition team of
the Entomological Department of the National Museum (Nat. Hist.) Prague,
Czechoslovakia, during three entomological expeditlons to Iran (1970, 1973,
1977) were examined. The collected material amounted to 361 specimens. Of these
353 individuals, i. e. 97.78 per cent of accumulated total were identified to
the species. 11 species, 2 of them. (Tilloidea pubescens, Winklerius grandis)
new to the fauna of Iran, and one new to science were ascertained. The new
species, Trichodes jelineki sp. n. is described within this paper, the
description of it is based upon surface characters as well as male terminalia,
and is given jointly with photographs, detailed morphological pictures,
differential diagnosis in a tabellar form and discussion. Comments on some other
species are given. The remnant of the material (8 specimens, i. e. 2.22 per
cent of the total of material) promises additional scientific novelties (see the
section Supplement) and will be evaluated in a subsequent separate treatise.
Key words: Czech Iranian expedition to Iran, National Museum in Prague, Near East, Iran, faunistics, Coleoptera, Cleridae, new species, distribution