Dorcus parallelipipedus Linnaeus 1758
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Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Figs. 16–17)
Scarabaeus parallelipipedus Linnaeus, 1758: 354.
Dorcus parallelipipedus reichei Ganglbauer, 1886: 81.
Examined material. 1 male, Hamadan: Malayer, IV.2005, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, Mazandaran: Qaemshahr, IX.2002, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 male, 2 females, Mazandaran: 3 km S of Kelerd, ~ 200 m (36°29.8'N 52°17.21'E), 27.IV.1999, L. Nádai (CLN); 1 male, Semnan: Damghan, X.2004, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, East Azarbaijan: Maragheh, VIII.2003, Ghahari (MZUF); 1 male, Alborz: Karaj, VI.2004, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, Khorasan: Mashhad, VII.2003, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, Fars: Abadeh, IX.2003, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, Isfahan: Najaf-Abad, VIII.2000, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, 1 female, Ilam: Ilam, IX.2002, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, Kerman: Kerman, VI.2001, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari: Shahrekord, VII.2003, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 male, Guilan: 10 km S Asalem, 150 m, 18.V.2002 (CGLM); 9 males, 9 females (as D. parallelipipedus reichei, det. K.-D. Schenk), Mazandaran: about 19 km SE Sari, 300 m, 26–30.VI.1998, Heinz (CKDS); 1 male, Mazandaran: Nur National Park, Kajvil Forest, ~ 28 m (36°34.763'N, 52°04.035'E), 13.V.2008, K. Víg (CLN); 1 male, 1 female, Guilan: Astara, Chubar, 14.VIII.1976, Reznavi (NMNHI); 1 female, Guilan: 36 km W Bandar-e Anzali, 9.V.1974, Kimbali (NMNHI); 1 female, Guilan: road from Asalem to Heroabad, 10.V.1974, N. Thireau (NMNHI); 8 males, 5 females, Golestan: 150 m, 10 km S Bandar e Gaz (36.45°N, 53.57°E), 27.V–7.VI.2001, G. Sama (MZUF, CLB); 2 males, 5 females (as D. parallelipipedus reichei), Pers. Kopet-Dagh, Siaret [= Golestan: Ziarat], 1160 m, 6.1899 coll. Hauser (NMB); 1 male (as D. parallelipipedus reichei), Pers. Kopet-Dagh, Dascht, 6.1902, coll. Hauser (NMB).
Distribution. Widely distributed Palaearctic species (see Bartolozzi & Sprecher-Uebersax 2006).
Distribution in Iran. Golestan, Guilan, Khorasan, Mazandaran (Král 2004; Sakenin et al. 2008), West Azerbaijan (Sakenin et al. 2008), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, Fars, Hamadan, Ilam, Isfahan, Kerman, Semnan, Tehran (new records).
Remarks. We consider Dorcus parallelipipedus reichei to be a synonym of Dorcus parallelipipedus, as in Bartolozzi & Sprecher-Uebersax (2006).
Quoted host plants in Iran are Ficus carica (Moraceae) and Ulmus campestris (Ulmaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008).
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NMB
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Genus
- Dorcus
- Species
- parallelipipedus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dorcus parallelipipedus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Bartolozzi, Ghahari, Sprecher-Uebersax & Zilioli, 2014
References
- Bartolozzi, L. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2006) Lucanidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, pp. 63 - 77.
- Kral, D. (2004) Lucanus (Pseudolucanus) xerxes sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from the Zagros Mts., with some distribution data to the lucanid fauna from Iran. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 68, 183 - 189.
- Sakenin, H., Eslami, B., Samin, N., Imani, S., Shirdel, F. & Havaskary, M. (2008) A contribution to the most important trees and shrubs as the hosts of wood-boring beetles in different regions of Iran and identification of many natural enemies. Plant and Ecosystem, 16, 27 - 46. [in Persian, English abstract]