An annotated checklist of Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from Iran Author Mirutenko, Vladyslav Author Ghahari, Hassan text Zootaxa 2016 4162 2 331 346 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.8 6074dbc3-8d6a-47af-8888-7d5e6b59403b 1175-5326 272331 79F86253-96EB-4F46-BCEF-C4C0DCDCA1DB Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) ambiguus ( Peyron, 1877 ) Malachius armeniacus Ménétriés, 1832 ; Malachius ambiguus Peyron, 1877 ; Clanoptilus aeneocupreus Peyron, 1877 . Regional distribution. Golestan, Guilan, Mazandaran ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). General distribution. South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Turkmenistan ( Mayor 2007 ) , Kazakhstan ( Kolov & Temreshev 2012 ), Iran. Comments. Wheat, barley and lucerne are the host plants for C. ambiguus ( Modarres Awal 1997 ) .