HOLOTYPE. GNHM 5145.
TYPE LOCALITY. 5 km S of Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah Prov., Iran.
DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 76. Known only from the type locality and its vicinity.
HABITAT. Sandy and stony hills with luxuriant bushes including Alhagi, Artemisia, Astragalus, Euphorbia, Tamarix, and Zygophyllum.
REMARKS. The type locality lies about 7 km E of the borders with Iraq, therefore the occurrence of A. nilsoni in Iraq can be expected.
REFERENCES. Rastegar-Pouyani (1998a); Anderson (1999).