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 MELANOPHILA Eschscholtz, 1829 synonym: Apatura Laporte & Gory 1837 . synonym: Oxypteris Kirby 1837 . Melanophila acuminata ( DeGeer) 1774 : 133 ( Buprestis ); Richter 1949 : 239 ; Davatchi et al . 1959 : 247 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 : 75 ; Adeli 1972 : 11 ; Abai & Adeli 1984 : 2 -4; Modarres Awal 1997 : 137 ; Kubáň 2006: 386; Bellamy 2008c : 1527 ; Sakenin et al . 2008: 36; Havaskary et al . 2012 : 1 . synonym: acuta ( Gmelin) 1790 : 1939 ( Buprestis ). synonym: acuminata ( Thunberg) 1787 : 52 ( Buprestis , preoccupied by acuminata DeGeer 1774 ). synonym: appendiculata ( Fabricius) 1793 : 210 ( Buprestis ). synonym: longipes ( Say) 1823 : 164 ( Buprestis ). synonym: immaculata Mannerheim 1837 : 70. synonym: pecchiolii (Gory & Laporte) 1839: 33 ( Anthaxia ). synonym: assimilis LeConte 1850: 227. synonym: rugata LeConte 1857: 7. synonym: summifex ( Gistel) 1857 : 6 ( Phaenops ); Kubáň 2006: 48 (synonym of acuminata ). synonym: amica Gistel 1857 : 38 ( Phaenops ); Kubáň 2006: 48 (synonym of acuminata ). synonym: opaca LeConte 1860: 213. synonym: anthaxoides Marquet 1876 : 368 ; Radjabi 1976 : 129, 368. Immatures: Burke 1919 : 106; Richter 1949 : 240; Palm 1962 : 65; Benoit 1966 : 1208; Soldatova 1969 : 15; Bílý 1999 : 19. Biology/Bionomy: Richter 1949 : 240; Bílý 2003 : 61. Host plant(s) within Iran . Juniperus , Cupressus ( Davatchi et al . 1959 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Adeli 1972 ); Pinus eldarica ( Adeli 1972 ) ; Juniperus , Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis (Cupressaceae) , Pinus spp. ( Pinaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Abai & Adeli 1984 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ), Quercus castanefolia (Fagaceae) (Sakenin et al . 2008). Distribution within Iran . East Azarbaijan (Sakenin et al . 2008; Havaskary et al . 2012 ), Fars ( Radjabi 1976 ), generally distributed ( Modarres Awal 1997 ), northern Iran ( Richter 1949 ; Davatchi et al . 1959 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Adeli 1972 ), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c ). Distribution outside Iran . Albania , Algeria , Andora , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Belgium , Bosnia- Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Canada , China , Croatia , Cuba , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Great Britain , Greece ,? Haiti , Hungary , India , Italy , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Lichtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Macedonia , Moldavia , Mongolia , the Netherlands , Norway , Nepal , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain ,? Sudan , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine , USA , Uzbekistan , (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c ). Note. This species is associated with coniferous, the records for Quercus in Sakenin et al . (2008) as well as that for Fars ( Radjabi 1976 ) may refer to M. cuspidata . Melanophila cuspidata ( Klug) 1829 : No. 34 ( Buprestis ); Richter 1949 : 242 ; Davatchi et al. 1959 : 247 ; Farahbakhsh 1960 : 75 ; Radjabi 1968 : 73 ; Adeli 1972 : 11 ; Radjabi 1976 : 129 ; Modarres Awal 1997 : 137 ; Borumand 2002 : 42 ; Kubáň 2006: 387; Bellamy 2008c : 1531 . synonym: nigrita ( Fabricius) 1798 : 134 ( Buprestis , preoccupied by nigrita Olivier 1790 ). synonym: regalis ( Fabricius) 1801 : 187 ( Buprestis , preoccupied by regalis Fabricius 1775 ). synonym: aequalis Mannerheim 1837 : 71. synonym: oxyura Marquet 1874 : 32. synonym: aerata Costa 1883 : 42 . synonym: acutespina Reitter 1893 : 175. synonym: jakowlewi Semenov-Tian-Shankij 1900 : 589. Biology/Bionomy: Richter 1949 : 243. Host plant(s) within Iran . Juniperus sp. ( Cupressaceae ), Pistacia sp. ( Anacardiaceae ), Ficus sp. ( Moraceae ), Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ) ( Davatchi et al . 1959 ); Juniperus sp., Pistacia sp., Populus sp. ( Adeli 1972 ); fig, juniper, pine, pistachio, sind poplar, white mulberry ( Farahbakhsh 1960 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ). Distribution within Iran . Fars ( Radjabi 1968 , 1976 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ), Kermanshah ( Radjabi 1968 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Borumand 2002 ), Khorasan ( Richter 1949 ), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Borumand 2002 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Davatchi et al . 1959 ; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c ). Distribution outside Iran . Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Bulgaria ,? Cameroon , Chad , Croatia , Cyprus , Egypt , Ethiopia , France , Georgia , Greece , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Lebanon , Libya , Macedonia , Malta , Morocco , Nigeria , Portugal , Romania , Senegal , Slovenia , Spain , Sudan , Syria , Tajikistan , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , UAE , Uzbekistan , former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c ; Bílý et al . 2011 ).