An annotated catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Volkovitsh, Mark G. Author Bellamy, Charles L. text Zootaxa 2015 3984 1 1 141 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3984.1.1 30f05c9f-072f-440d-8ac5-b07d47a3f387 1175-5326 245157 318FD9EA-E85D-4AEF-8E02-15EE13295F1B Genus DICERCA Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym: Argante Gistel 1834 . synonym: Stenuris Kirby 1837 . synonym: Hemidicerca Richter 1952 . synonym: Tokaranodicerca Hattori 2004 . Dicerca aenea ( Linnaeus) 1761 : 213 ( Buprestis ); Kubáň 2006: 347; Bellamy 2008b : 975 . synonym: oxyptera ( Pallas) 1781 : 70 ( Buprestis ). synonym: reticulata ( Fabricius) 1794 : 451 ( Buprestis ). synonym: subrugosa ( Paykull) 1799 : 218 ( Buprestis ). synonym: cariniolica ( Fabricius) 1801 : 189 ( Buprestis ). synonym: scabrosa Mannerheim 1837 : 54. [subgenus Dicerca ]. Immatures: Perris 1875 : 390, 1877: 132; Richter 1952 : 121. Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003 : 56. Distribution within Iran . Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006) (see under subspecies validiuscula ). Distribution outside Iran . Albania , Algeria , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Bulgaria , China , Croatia , Czech Republic , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Macedonia , Moldavia , Morocco , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Syria , Tajikistan , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Dicerca aenea validiuscula Semenov-Tian-Shankij 1896a : 319 ; Richter 1952 : 121 ; Davatchi et al . 1959 : 243 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 : 74 ; Adeli 1972 : 11 ; Abai & Adeli 1984 : 15 , 53, 67, 71, 75, 107; Modarres Awal 1997 : 135 ; Kubáň 2006: 347; Bellamy 2008b : 977 . synonym: zicharevi Obenberger 1928a : 17 (variety of validiuscula ); 1930b: 324 (subspecies of validiuscula ); Richter 1952 : 119. Host plant(s) within Iran . Alnus sp., Populus sp., Juglans sp. ( Adeli 1972 ); alder ( Alnus sp., Betulaceae ), oriental plane ( Platanus orientalis , Platanaceae ), poplar, white mulberry ( Morus alba , Moraceae ), walnut ( Juglans regia , Juglandaceae ), willow ( Salix sp., Salicaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ); Alnus spp., Juglans spp., * Pistacia spp., Platanus orientalis , Populus spp., Salix spp., sapwood, roots and trunk ( Abai & Adeli 1984 ). Distribution within Iran . Kerman ( Abai & Adeli 1984 ), Generally distributed ( Abai & Adeli 1984 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ), northern Iran ( Davatchi et al . 1959 ; Richter 1952 ; Adeli 1972 ; Abai & Adeli 1984 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Distribution outside Iran . Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Note. The record for Pistacia in Kerman ( Abai & Adeli 1984 ) is very doubtful; the record for Alnus ( Modarres Awal 1997 ) may refer to the following species. * Dicerca alni (Fischer von Waldheim) 1824: 197 ( Buprestis ); Théry 1925 : 80 ; Radjabi 1974 : 39 ; Modarres Awal 1997 : 135 ; Borumand 2002 : 40 ; Kubáň 2006: 347; Bellamy 2008b : 977 . synonym: fagi ( Laporte & Gory) 1837 : 103 ( Buprestis ). synonym: sahlbergi Gistel 1857 : 12; Kubáň 2006: 46 (synonym of alni ), 347. [subgenus Dicerca ]. Immatures: Perris 1877 : 133; Bílý 1982 : 35; Gutowski & Lugowoj 1984 : 132; Bílý 1999 : 23. Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003 : 57. Distribution within Iran . "El Bourz: Talyche" ( Théry 1925 ). Golestan ( Borumand 2002 ), Guilan, Mazandaran ( Radjabi 1974 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Distribution outside Iran . Albania , Algeria , Austria , Belarus , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czech Republic , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Macedonia , Moldavia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine , former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Note. The records from North Iran may refer to the closely related D. chlorostigma Mannerheim 1837 occurring in adjacent Armenia and Azerbaijan . Dicerca fritillum Ménétriés 1832 : 149 , 605; Théry 1925 : 80 ; Richter 1952 : 134 ( Hemidicerca ); Davatchi et al. 1959 : 243 ( Hemidicerca ); Radjabi 1968 : 71 , 1976: 128; Modarres Awal 1997 : 135 ; Borumand 2002 : 40 ; Kubáň 2006: 348; Bellamy 2008b : 986 ; Barimani et al . 2009 : 65 , 2010: 131. [subgenus Hemidicerca ]. Distribution within Iran . "El Bourz: Talyche" ( Théry 1925 ). Fars ( Radjabi 1968 , 1976 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Borumand 2002 ), Mazandaran ( Barimani et al . 2009 , 2010 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Distribution outside Iran . Azerbaijan , Turkmenistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Dicerca scabida Marseul 1865 :140 ; Richter 1952 : 128 ; Radjabi 1968 : 71 ; Modarres Awal 1997 : 135 ; Borumand 2002 : 41 ; Kubáň 2006: 348; Bellamy 2008b : 995 ; Barimani et al . 2009 : 65 , 2010: 131. [subgenus Dicerca ]. Distribution within Iran . Guilan ( Richter 1952 ; Radjabi 1968 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Borumand 2002 ), Mazandaran ( Richter 1952 ; Borumand 2002 ; Barimani et al . 2009 , 2010 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Marseul 1865 ; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ). Distribution outside Iran . Azerbaijan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b ).