Checklist of the Iranian Ground Beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) Author Azadbakhsh, Saeed Author Nozari, Jamasb text Zootaxa 2015 4024 1 1 108 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4024.1.1 7dacb70c-69c1-45a2-9043-fd4901409a92 1175-5326 240494 14CBD329-5F2B-4B9E-9BBE-33993151C281 Genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 Subgenus Brachinus Weber, 1801 Brachinus ( Brachinus ) crepitans Linnaeus, 1758 Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: North part from the Provinces Golestan to Gilan and west part of Iran ; Kelardascht (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1963 ); Khirood forest, NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al. , 2015 ). Brachinus ( Brachinus ) ejaculans Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 Citations: Kelardascht (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1963 ); Sabzawaran (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963 ); HassanKiandeh (Prov. of Mazandaran; Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ). Brachinus ( Brachinus ) elegans Chaudoir, 1842 Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Astrabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ); without exact locality (Hieke & Wrase, 1988); Khirood forest, NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al. , 2015 ). Brachinus ( Brachinus ) plagiatus Reiche, 1868 Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ); Without exact locality (Hieke & Wrase, 1988). Brachinus ( Brachinus ) psophia Audinet-Serville, 1821 Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran); Bragan River, 2012 (Prov. of Elburz). Citations: AzadShahr (Prov. of Golestan; Rezaie-Node, 2012 ). Subgenus Brachynolomus Reitter, 1919 = Brachynidius Reitter, 1919 Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) bodemeyeri Apfelbeck, 1904 Studied material: Kermanshah, 2014 (Prov. of Kermanshah). Citations: Without exact locality (Hieke & Wrase, 1988). Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) brevicollis Motschulsky, 1844 Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Distributed in north of Iran . Astrabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ); AzadShahr (Prov. of Golestan; Rezaie-Node, 2012 ), but this record is probably wrong because in this author identified the species as having a small seta on the lateral margin of Elytra, but B. brevicollis has this margin completely glabrous; Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014 ). Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) explodens (Duftschmid, 1812) Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran); Kermanshah, 2014 (Prov. of Kermanshah). Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1844 ); Farsistan region (Prov. of Fars ; Redtenfoacher, 1850); Mashahd (Prov. of Razavi Khorasan; Hosseini et al. , 2012); Kalkhuran Village (Prov. of Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013 ); Gorgan, env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014 ). Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) sclopeta (Fabricius, 1792) Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842 ; Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ); North of Iran ( Reitter, 1919 ). Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) sichemita Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Citations : Without exact locality ( Hrdlička, 2003 ). Subgenus Brachynolomus Reitter, 1919 Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) costatulus (Quensel In Schoenherr, 1806) Citations : Gonbad (Prov. of Golestan; Samin & Kesdek, 2014 ). Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) immaculicornis apfelbecki Jakobson, 1908 Citations: Farsistan region (Prov. of Fars ; Redtenfoacher, 1850); Without exact locality ( Hrdlička, 2003 ). Brachinus ( Brachynolomus ) nigricornis Gebler, 1829 Studied material: (ZMTU): Pol-e Sefid, 870 m (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Talesh, Mts. (Prov. of Gilan; Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ). Subgenus Aploa Hope, 1833 Brachinus ( Aploa ) nobilis Dejean, 1831 Studied material: Geno, 2015 (Prov. of Hormozgan). Citations: Without exact locality ( Hrdlička, 2003 ); Tange-Surhkeh village, 1000 m (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Anichtchenko, 2013). Brachinus ( Aploa ) pictus Hope, 1833 Citations: Without exact locality ( Hrdlička, 2003 ). Subgenus Cnecostolus Reitter, 1919 Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) bagdatensis Pic, 1902 = richteri ( Jedlicka, 1961 ) Studied material: Hasan Langi, 2015 (Prov. of Hormozgan). Citations: Jiroft, Anbar-Abad (Prov. of Kerman; Jedlička, 1961 ); Without exact locality ( Hrdlička, 2003 ). Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) bayardi Dejean, 1831 Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842 ); Farsistan region (Prov. of Fars ; Redtenfoacher, 1850); Kuhräng and Pirbakran (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963 ). Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) bipustulatus Quensel in Schoenherr, 1806 Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842 ). Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) cruciatus (Quensel in Schoenherr, 1806) = Dromius petrovitzi Mandl, 1973 Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842 ); Without exact locality ( Reitter, 1919 ). Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) exhalans P. Rossi, 1792 Citations: Without exact locality ( Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ). Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) hamatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) Citations: Without exact locality ( Jablokoff-Khnzorian, 1973 ). Brachinus ( Cnecostolus ) subnotatus Chaudoir, 1844 Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1844 ); Astrabad (Prov. of Golestan; Reitter, 1919 ).