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 STRIGOPTEROIDES Cobos, 1981 Strigopteroides depressa ( Fabricius) 1775 : 219 ( Buprestis , preoccupied by depressus Linnaeus 1771); ICZN 2002 (validated); Kubáň 2006: 50; Volkovitsh 2006: 340. synonym: aegyptiaca ( Gmelin) 1790 : 1928 ( Buprestis , nomen novum for depressus Fabricius 1775 ); Théry 1925 : 79 ( Pseudocastalia ); Salavatian 1950 : 7 ( Pseudocastalia ); Davatchi et al. 1959 : 243 ( Pseudocastalia ); Farahbakhsh 1960 : 76 ( Pseudocastalis ); Radjabi 1968 : 70 ( Pseudocastalia ); Bílý 1983a : 38; Modarres Awal 1997 : 138; Borumand 2002 : 17 ( Pseudocastalia ); Bellamy 2008a : 382. synonym: castelnaudi ( Saunders) 1871 : 59 ( Polycesta , nomen novum for aegyptiaca Gory & Laporte 1838); Kubáň 2006: 52 (comments). synonym: hellenica Cobos 1990 : 276. Host plant(s) within Iran . Hard wood timbers used in furniture and buildings (as aegyptiaca ) ( Salavatian 1950 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ). Distribution within Iran . Fars ( Salavatian 1950 ; Davatchi et al . 1959 , as aegyptiaca ; Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Bílý 1983a ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Borumand 2002 , as aegyptiaca ), Isfahan ( Borumand 2002, as aegyptiaca ), Khuzestan (as aegyptiaca ) ( Théry 1925 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Radjabi 1968 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Borumand 2002 ), Qazvin ( Davatchi et al . 1959 , as aegyptiaca ), Tehran (as aegyptiaca ) ( Salavatian 1950 ; Davatchi et al . 1959 , as aegyptiaca ; Radjabi 1968 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Borumand 2002 , as aegyptiaca ), Caspian Sea area (including, Golestan, Guilan, Mazandaran provinces), Iran (no locality cited) (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a , as aegyptiaca ). Distribution outside Iran . Afghanistan , Algeria , Egypt , Greece , Iraq , Kyrgyzstan , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tajikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a ). Note. Records for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Bellamy (2008a) are dubious.