Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae) Author Ghahari, Hassan Islamic Azad University, Share Rey Branch, Tehran ,, Author Chérot, Frédéric ,, Belgium Author Linnavuori, Rauno Raisio ,, Finland Author Ostovan, Hadi Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht ,, text ZooKeys 2009 2009-10-30 26 26 3 31 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.26.214 e98d00b2-67b2-49a6-803e-7a1520600ed0 1313–2970 576560 29) Geotomus elongatus ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840 ) Cydnus elongatus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840: 96 (as new species). Cydnus caucasicus Kolenati 1846: 70 (as new species, the new combination by Horváth 1917: 371 and the synonymy by Kerzhner 2003: 95 ). Geotomus elongatus : Mulsant and Rey 1866: 38 (new combination). Iran records : Hoberlandt 1995: 186–187 (under the name G. elongatus and the junior synonym G. caucasicus ); Lis 2006: 133 ; Wagner 1953: 471–472 , 475. Additional data : Golestan province , National Park ( 185m ), 1♁, 2♀♀ , October 2003 . Distribution in Iran : Abbassi, Baluchestan, Bushehr , Golestan , Kerman , Tehran provinces. Distribution outside Iran : Algeria , Armenia , Azerbaidjan , Belgium , Bosnia Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Canary Islands, China ( Neimenggu ), Croatia , France , Georgia, Germany , Greece , Hungary , Israel , Iraq , Italy , Kazakhstan , Kirgizia, Macedonia, Morocco , Portugal , Romania , Russia (South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro , Spain , Switzerland , Syria , Tadzhikistan , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan .