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 XANTHEREMIA Volkovitsh, 1979 * Xantheremia flavipennis ( Klug) 1829 : [no. 9] ( Buprestis ); Volkovitsh 2006: 339; Bellamy 2008a : 323 . [subgenus Xantheremia , flavipennis species-group]. Distribution within Iran . Semnan ( Hadian et al . 2012 ). Distribution outside Iran . Algeria , Chad , Egypt , Morocco , Somalia , Sudan (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Note. Obvious misidentification, this species is not recorded from adjacent countries. Xantheremia jelineki Bílý 1983a : 46 ; Volkovitsh 1986 : 23 , 43; 2006: 339; Bellamy 2008a : 324 . [subgenus Xantheremia , flavipennis species-group]. Host plant(s) within Iran . (Adult!) On flowers of Echinops macrophyllus (Asteraceae) ( Bílý 1983a ). Distribution within Iran . Hormozgan ( Bílý 1983a ; Volkovitsh 1986 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Distribution outside Iran . None recorded. Xantheremia koenigi ( Ganglbauer) 1888 : 193 ( Acmaeodera ); Volkovitsh 2006: 339; Bellamy 2008a : 324 . synonym: subscalaris ( Reitter) 1897 : 214 ( Acmaeodera ); Volkovitsh 1986 : 23 , 2006: 57 (synonym of koenigi ), 339. synonym: chalcoxantha ( Brancsik) 1900 : 199 ( Acmaeodera ). [subgenus Xantheremia , koenigi species-group]. Immatures: Volkovitsh 1979: 32; Volkovitsh & Danilevsky 1987 : 54 (as subscalaris ). Biology/Bionomy: Krivosheina 1975a (as subscalaris ). Distribution within Iran . Sistan & Baluchestan ( Volkovitsh 1986, as subscalaris ), Iran (no locality cited) (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Distribution outside Iran . Afghanistan , Kazakhstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Xantheremia mazandaranica ( Bílý) 1983a : 43 ( Acmaeodera ); Volkovitsh 1986 : 22 , 43 (as Acmaeodera mazandaranensis Bílý ); 2006: 58 ( Xantheremia ), 339; Bellamy 2008a : 324 . [subgenus Paratethya ]. Distribution within Iran . Mazandaran ( Bílý 1983a ; Volkovitsh 1986 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Distribution outside Iran . Pakistan (Volkovitsh 2006, Bellamy 2008a ). Xantheremia niehuisi Volkovitsh 2011: 51 ; Ghobari et al . 2012 : 236 . [subgenus Xantheremia , flavipennis species-group]. Distribution within Iran . Kordestan ( Ghobari et al . 2012 ). Distribution outside Iran . Turkey (Volkovitsh 2011). * Xantheremia philistina ( Marseul) 1865 : 298 . Bílý 1983a : 44 ; Bellamy 2008a : 324 ; Hadian et al . 2012 : 2 . [subgenus Xantheremia , flavipennis species-group]. Distribution within Iran . Hormozgan ( Bílý 1983a ), Semnan ( Hadian et al . 2012 ). Distribution outside Iran . Israel , Saudi Arabia , Syria (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Note. The occurrence of X. philistina in Iran is extremely doubtful. Species recorded by Bílý (1983a) belonged to X . prepsli or a new species. Xantheremia prepsli Volkovitsh in Bílý et al . 2011 : 185 . [subgenus Xantheremia , flavipennis species-group]. Distribution within Iran . Hormozgan (Volkovitsh in Bílý et al . 2011 ). Distribution outside Iran . Oman , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , UAE (Volkovitsh in Bílý et al. 2011 ). Xantheremia volkovitshi Bílý 1983a : 45 ; Volkovitsh 1986 : 23 , 43; 2006: 339; Bellamy 2008a : 325 . [subgenus Xantheremia , koenigi species-group]. Host plant(s) within Iran . Reared from Alhagi persarum (Fabaceae) ( Bílý 1983a ). Distribution within Iran . Kerman ( Bílý 1983a ; Volkovitsh 1986 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Distribution outside Iran . None recorded.