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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Main Author: M.V. Nabozhenko
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Language:English
Published: Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution 2014-12-01
Series:Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
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Online Access:http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/11_Nabozhenko.pdf
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-952024ba44084a65a9dc5eb68a943cbb2023-12-03T12:46:46ZengSouthern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institutionКавказский энтомологический бюллетень1814-33261814-33262014-12-01102237241DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2014-10-2-237-241New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from IranM.V. Nabozhenko0Institute of Arid Zones of Russian Academy of SciencesTwo 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. nhttp://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/11_Nabozhenko.pdfColeopteraTenebrionidaeNalassusZophohelopsnew speciesnew subgenusIran
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New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Nalassus
Zophohelops
new species
new subgenus
Iran
title New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
title_full New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
title_fullStr New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
title_full_unstemmed New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
title_short New darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Iran
title_sort new darkling beetles of the tribe helopini coleoptera tenebrionidae from iran
topic Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Nalassus
Zophohelops
new species
new subgenus
Iran
url http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/11_Nabozhenko.pdf
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