New records of Glaphyridae (Col., Scarabaeoidea) from Iran

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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Abstract

New distributional data are given for 27 species of Iranian Glaphyridae. Two of them, Glaphyrus calvaster Zaitzev, 1923, and Pygopleurus transcaucasicus (Petrovitz, 1962), are recorded from Iran for the first time. Further data on Glaphyridae species and their status in Iran is provided.

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