A new species of the genus Laemostenus from Zagros Mountains, Iran (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)

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1 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

2 Záhradná 61A, SK-900 91 Limbach, Slovakia

3 School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organism, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Laemostenus (Antisphodrus) murastyii sp. nov. from Kamaran pass near Fereydunshahr, Zagros Mountains, Iran, is described, illustrated and compared with related species. Moreover, an identification key and a check-list of Laemostenus glasunowi species-group is provided.

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