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Pittonotus iranicus Platia & Nemeth 2011

  • 1. Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
  • 2. Via Molino Vecchio, 21 a, 47043 - Gatteo (FC), Italy

Description

Pittonotus iranicus Platia & Nemeth, 2011

(Map 7)

Material examined (HMIM). Khuzestan province: 1 ex.: Andika, Keveshk to Lalar rd., Shimbaar P.A., nr. Shimbaar lagoon, Shimbaar ranger station, N32°25’18.1” E49°36’10.8”, 917 m., 6. VI.2019, leg. H. Nasserzadeh (L. T.).

Climate types. Semi-arid, with cool winters and very warm summers.

Distribution in Palaearctic Region.Asia: Iran (Azarbaijan-e Sharghi, Fars, Khuzestan (first record), Kordestan and Lorestan provinces in western half of Iran) (Platia & Nemeth 2011; Nasserzadeh & Platia 2021).

Notes

Published as part of Nasserzadeh, Hiva, Platia, Giuseppe & Serri, Sayeh, 2023, Click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Khuzestan province (Iran): with three new species, Craspedostethus izehensis sp. n., Dicronychus khuzestanicus sp. n. and Gurjevelater catei sp. n., pp. 101-130 in Zootaxa 5346 (2) on page 110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8354558

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
T
Scientific name authorship
Platia & Nemeth
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Pittonotus
Species
iranicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pittonotus iranicus Platia, 2011 sec. Nasserzadeh, Platia & Serri, 2023

References

  • Platia, G. & Nemeth, T. (2011) On some Palaearctic click beetles in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Annales historico-naturales musei nationalis hungarici, 103, 1 - 42.
  • Nasserzadeh, H. & Platia, G. (2021) A study of the click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of northwestern Iran with three new species Reitterelater prosternalis sp. n., Melanotus borumandi sp. n. and M. kurdestanicus sp. n. Zootaxa, 4941 (3), 338 - 368. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4941.3.2