Five new tenebrionid species of the genus Dendarus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran with a key to Iranian species
Eshraghi Mofrad Farhad, Nabozhenko Maxim V., Serri Sayeh, Kasatkin Denis G.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 66(1): 55-67, 2026
Published online: 11th May 2026
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Abstract: 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.
Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptinae, Pandarinus, faunistic records, new taxa, Alborz, Zagros, Iran, Palaearctic Region
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