An annotated checklist of Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from Iran Author Mirutenko, Vladyslav Author Ghahari, Hassan text Zootaxa 2016 4162 2 331 346 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.8 6074dbc3-8d6a-47af-8888-7d5e6b59403b 1175-5326 272331 79F86253-96EB-4F46-BCEF-C4C0DCDCA1DB Colotes ( Colotes ) benardi Wittmer, 1970 Regional distribution. Golestan (Gorgan) ( Samin et al. 2015 ) , Guilan (Rasht) ( Ghahari et al. 2008a ) , Ispahan [sic! = Isfahan ] ( Wittmer 1970 ) , Mazandaran (Amol, Ghaemshahr, Savadkooh) (Ghahari & Tabari 2008, 2010, Ghahari et al. 2008a , b , Sakenin et al. 2008 ). General distribution. Endemic species for Iranian fauna. Comments. C. benardi is an egg predator of Lepidoptera in rice fields (Ghahari & Tabari 2008, 2010; Ghahari et al. 2008b ).