Published December 30, 2022 | Version v1
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The first record of Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Iraq, with notes on its distribution and phenology in the Near East

  • 1. Horticulture Department, Technical College of Akre, Duhok Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • 2. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 3. Directorate of Education - Akre / General Directorate of Education - Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

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Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781), the Mediterranean long-armed scarab, is a large saproxylic beetle, occurring in the east Mediterranean and south-east Europe, sparse throughout its entire distributional range, often considered as rare, threatened or extinct species.

Propomacrus bimucronatus is recorded for the first time from Kurdistan, Iraq. The new data on its distribution and phenology in Iraq and in Israel is published for the first time, compared with the previously-published data and analysed.

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