Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Dendarus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Dendarini) from Iran, Turkmenistan and some adjacent territories Author Nabozhenko, Maxim V. Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhiev str., 45, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan 367000, Russia. & Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str., 43 a, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan 367000, Russia. Author Poggi, Roberto Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “ Giacomo Doria ”, Genova, 16121 Italy. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-06-20 5155 1 105 123 journal article 77865 10.11646/zootaxa.5155.1.5 008f04ee-4fad-4629-b397-6aae0a9db700 1175-5326 6669239 7964FEBD-3A6A-4E68-B867-C1214D49F491 Dendarus simplex Seidlitz, 1893 This species was recorded for Iran based on erroneous determination of Medvedev (1968) . In fact, it occurs in Syria , Iraq and Turkey .