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 22) Byrsinus rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874) Cydnus rugosus Jakovlev, 1874b: 235 (as new species). Byrsinus rugosus : Lis 1993b: 91 (new combination). Iran records : Hoberlandt 1995: 190 [under the combination Aethus rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874) ]; Lis 1999: 194 , 2006: 130 ; Modarres-Awal, 1996a: 126, 1997: 71 [both as Aethus rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874) ]; Wagner, 1968: 437 . Distribution in Iran : Abbassi, Hormozgan , Khorasan provinces. Distribution outside Iran : Afghanistan , Armenia (?), Azerbaidjan , China ( Neimenggu , Xinjiang ), Egypt , Iraq , Kazakhstan , Mongolia , Russia (South European Territory), Saudi Arabia , Tadzhikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan . Comment: Safavi (1959) reported Aethus flavicornis (Fabricius) from Iran ( Khuzestan province ). Because specimen(s) were not available to us, we do not know if the involved species is Byrsinus flavicornis ( Fabricius, 1794 ) or B. rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874) .