Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran 1970, 1973 and 1977. Orthoptera s. str., Tridactyloidea, Tridactylidae
Čejchan A.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 42: 395-397, 1987
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Abstract: This paper is based on the study of more than 440 specimens of Tridactylidae
taken by three expeditions of National Museum (Nat. Hist.), Praha to Iran in
1970, 1973 and 1977. This material is composed of five species – three of
which are new records for the Iranian fauna – belonging to two genera. At
present there are listed from Iran 3 species only (i. e. Tridactylus fasciatus
Guer., Xya variegata Latr . and X. japonica (Haan ), occurence of the last named
species (Mirzayan 1959: 24 -Tridactylus japonicus Haan; Hashemi 1976: 120 –
T. japonicus Haan ) should be verified additionally.
Key words: Czech Iranian expedition to Iran, National Museum in Prague, Near East, Iran, faunistics,distribution, Orthoptera, Tridactylidae