New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
Two new species of darkling beetles are described from Northwestern Iran: Nalassus (Helopondrus) rejseki sp. n. from West and East Azerbaijan Provinces and Zophohelops iranesis sp. n. from Ardabil Province. The first species differs from other Helopondrus Reitter, 1922 by strongly widened 1–4 pro- a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/11_Nabozhenko.pdf |
| Summary: | Two new species of darkling beetles are described from Northwestern Iran: Nalassus (Helopondrus) rejseki sp. n. from West and East Azerbaijan Provinces and Zophohelops iranesis sp. n. from Ardabil Province. The first species differs from other Helopondrus Reitter, 1922 by strongly widened 1–4 pro- and mesotarsomers of male and structure of median lobe baculi of male. Zophohelops iranensis sp. n. is the first representative of the genus in Iran. This species differs from other species of Zophohelops Reitter, 1902 by the structure of male aedeagus (dorsoventrally flattened apical piece and very narrow median lobe baculi) and it is included in the new monotypic subgenus Zophondrus subgen. n |
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| ISSN: | 1814-3326 1814-3326 |