Checklists of Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae, and Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Iran

Authors

Michael C. Thomas, Florida State Collection of ArthropodsFollow
Hassan Ghahari, Islamic Azad UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Michael C. Thomas and Hassan Ghahari, Checklists of Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae, and Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Iran, Insecta Mundi 0498: 1-12

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Published in 2016 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

The Iranian fauna of Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae, and Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) are summarized

in this paper. In total 2 species of Cucujidae (1 genus: Pediacus Shuckard), 6 species of Laemophloeidae (3 genera:

Cryptolestes Ganglbauer, Laemophloeus Dejean, and Placonotus MacLeay) and 7 species of Silvanidae (6 genera:

Uleiota Latreille, Psammoecus Latreille, Ahasverus Gozis, Nausibius Lentz, Oryzaephilus Ganglbauer, Psammoecus

Latreille, and Silvanus Latreille) are listed in this paper. Synonymies and distribution data are given.