Contribution to study of the superfamily Cleroidea (Coleoptera) from Iran and adjacent countries: a checklist of Melyridae, Prionoceridae and Trogossitidae Author Mirutenko, Vladyslav Author Ghahari, Hassan text Zootaxa 2018 2018-02-07 4378 1 journal volume 30815 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.2 5eff0024-3ffb-46dc-99bc-795de27fa33b 1175-5326 1168080 FE6DD1BC-53AD-44A0-8309-4824C1E6BDF8 Melyris oblonga (Fabricius, 1775) Zygia oblonga Fabricius, 1775: 126 . Synonyms: Melyris limbata Pic, 1895 ; Melyris lineatocollis Pic, 1899 ; Melyris maculicollis Fuente, 1913 ; Melyris mulsanti Schilsky, 1897 . Distribution in Iran : Tehran ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). General distribution: Asia Minor , Egypt , France (southern), Germany ( Hamburg ), Greece , Sardinia , Sicily (Jakobson 1905-1916 ), South Italy and Sicily ( Liberti 1995 ), Algeria , Iraq , Italy , Persian Gulf region, Spain , Syria , Tunisia , Nearctic Region (north-east USA ) ( Mayor 2007 ). Host records: Dry wood ( Modarres Awal 1997 ).