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Andrena (Longandrena) longiceps Morawitz, 1895 Andrena longiceps F. Morawitz, 1895: 65, ♀; Turkmenistan [Ahal Region], Germab (ZISP). Lectotype designated by A. Z. Osytshnjuk (Osytshnjuk et al. 2008) (Fig. 3). Male first description: Popov 1960: 247. Female. Body black, its length (vertex to T6) 7.5–8.5 mm (Figs 8, 9). Head: viewed frontally length approximately equal to width (L = 2.3–2.4 mm, W = 2.3–2.4 mm) (Fig. 10) or weakly longer or wider; lectotype body length 8.5 mm, its head L = 2.4 mm, W = 2.4 mm. Paraocular and supraclypeal areas above antennal socket level densely striate-wrinkled and sparsely punctate with dense long erect silver-white hairs; frons and vertex strongly shagreened, weakly punctate with short thin hairs; facial fovea shallow, moderately broad, dorsally occupying more than half ocellocular distance, narrowed below to level of antennal socket, covered with short dense very dark desaturated yellow pubescence. Compound eyes weakly convex, moderately narrow, 2.7 times longer than their maximum width; inner margin of compound eye curved only in upper third. Vertex widely concave; distance between middle and lateral ocelli equalling 2/3 of ocellus diameter (Fig. 11). Clypeus elongate and domed, black, polished, shiny, smoothed except basal part, with very sparse scattered rough hair-bearing punctures, hair long, plumose semi-adjacent, and along epistomal suture more densely and shallowly punctate with very short hairs, punctures separated by 0.5–2 puncture diameters; clypeus with basal half laterally weakly shagreened; apical part impunctate, extreme apex of clypeus impressed, laterally with elongate angles (Fig. 10). Genae as wide as compound eye, in upper part with dense adjacent long silvery-white hairs shorter near compound eyes; occiput covered with dense long flexed pubescence. Hypostomal carina clearly developed in lower part of hypostomal area and very weakly developed in upper part; lateral extremity of hypostomal carina with strongly developed subgenal coronet. Subantennal sutures only faintly discernible (Fig. 12). Malar area translucent, centrally 5 times shorter than width (Fig. 13). Antennae dark above, 3 rd –10 th flagellomeres light brown (in lectotype) or lighter yellow-brown (in Iranian specimens) beneath; first flagellomere slightly longer than 2 nd and 3 rd segments together (Fig. 14). Mandibles moderately short, their apical half brownish-red, lower margin with long yellow-white hairs, inner tooth small. Process of labrum widely trapezoidal, 2 times wider than long, shiny, densely transversely wrinkled basally and centrally, and strongly wrinkled laterally, with deeply emarginated apex bearing tuft of golden-yellow thick setae and with similar tufts on laterally lower parts; labrum apical margin ventrally with dense fringe of golden-yellow thick setae (Fig. 15). Galea shiny, strongly shagreened, impunctate, its apical half covered with tubercles; galeal fringe with short setae (Fig. 16); maxillary palpus equal 2/3 length of galea (Fig. 18). Glossa strongly pointed and very long, more than 16 times longer than its widest part, and more than 2 times longer than labial palpus (Fig. 17); paraglossae well developed (Fig. 19). Mesosoma: W (between tegulae) = 1.6 mm, scutum smooth and shining, without shagreen, sparsely, coarsely and irregularly punctate, centrally polished, strongly shiny with single hair-bearing punctures with moderately short erect silver-white plumose hairs; laterally near tegulae and posteriorly with shorter, denser pale gray pubescence (Fig. 20). Mesepisternum and metanotum with strongly granular shagreenation and with long erect silver-white plumose pubescence. Propodeal triangle very shiny, impunctate, weakly shagreened with larger mesh than on propodeum laterally, centrally weakly concave, basally wrinkled; posterior and lateral surfaces of propodeum strongly shagreened, finely reticulate, in upper part with very short dirty gray pubescence, in lower half with very dense long propodeal corbicula of silvery-white hairs (Fig. 21). Tegulae light yellow, translucent, dark brown at base; wings hyaline, venation and stigma yellow-brown, nervulus interstitial (in lectotype and one of Iranian specimens) or weakly antefurcal. Legs dark-brown, with dense, short silvery-white hairs, flocculus well developed; scopa with unbranched hairs. Inner metatibial spurs weakly curved along entire length, not widened, apical part straight (Fig. 22), 2 nd –5 th tarsal segments strongly narrowed basally, tarsal claws with pronounced inner teeth (Fig. 25). Metasoma black (L = 3.9 mm; W = 2.4 mm), terga shining, weakly shagreened, irregularly shallowly punctate, marginal parts of T1–T4 weakly depressed, yellow-white translucent with wide bands of dense silver-white hairs, moderately narrowed medially and on T1 weakly interrupted, terga basal part with short sparse gray-yellow setae, laterally with long, curved semi-erect silvery-white hairs; prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae long goldish-yellow and light brownish, covered with longer white-gray hairs dorsally (Fig. 29). Pygidial plate strongly convex and wrinkled centrally with flat margins (Fig. 30). Sterna dark brown, strongly shagreened, superficially, densely and finely punctate, apical margins transparent with very sparse bands of plumose white hairs, basal parts with short gray-yellow setae (Fig. 31). Male. Body black, its length (vertex to T7) = 7–8 mm. Similar to female in body shape, sculpturing, and coloration of pubescence (Figs 32–33). Head: slightly longer than its width (L = 2.0–2.1; W = 1.9–2.0 mm), shiny and wrinkled except smoothed clypeus, malar and lower part of paraocular areas, with silvery-white long sparse hair (Fig. 34). Compound eyes weakly convex, wider than in females, 2.3 times longer than their maximum width; inner margin of compound eye curved only in upper third. Vertex widely concave. Distance between middle and lateral ocelli equaling 4/5 of ocellus diameter. Clypeus elongate, polished, shiny with very weakly depressed apical margin, much weaker than in female, colored yellow with exception of two small lateral dark triangular marks, and black narrow strips along epistomal suture, with very sparse hair-bearing punctures, and laterally on apical part with short, dense silvery-white pubescence. Lower part of paraocular area also yellow, polished, shiny. Malar area longer than in females, 4 times as wide as long, basally near compound eyes with sparse short silvery-white hairs (Fig. 35). Process of labrum wide trapezoidal, 2 times wider than its length, shiny, polished, smooth except for narrow, wrinkled basal part (Fig. 36). Mandibles moderately short, not pointed, not reaching process of labrum, with long sparse hairs on lower margin, preapical tooth very weakly developed (Fig. 37). Both subantennal sutures inconspicuous. Scapus slightly curved, with sparse erect silvery-white hairs. Antennae moderately short, 1 st flagellomere twice as long as wide at apex, equal to 2 nd and 3 rd taken together, 2 nd 0.75 times shorter than its width and 1.5 times shorter than 3 rd, 3 rd –10 th – 1.25 times longer than their width, and 11 th – twice as long as wide; 2 nd –11 th flagellomeres light yellowbrown beneath (Fig. 38). Galea shining and wavy shagreened with individual superficial punctures, almost impunctate (Fig. 39). Glossa very long, 20 times longer than its greatest width (Fig. 40); paraglossae well developed. Mesosoma: W (between tegulae) = 1.5 mm, black; pronotum weakly shagreened, shiny; scutum smoothed, polished, very shiny, coarsely punctate, punctures separated by several puncture diameters, with sparse long plumose white pubescence, except for almost impunctate and hairless central part; laterally near tegulae pubescence shorter, denser, and with darker dirty gray hairs; anterior part of scutum very weakly shagreened, shining; central dorsal part of scutellum polished, strongly shining, almost impunctate, hairless, lateral and posterior parts sparsely punctate and covered with long erect silver-white pubescence (Fig. 41). Mesepisternum coarsely shagreened, finely punctate by hair-bearing punctures with long dense silvery-white hairs (Fig. 42). Propodeal triangle marked by more polished shiny and coarse mesh, basally with long rugosity extended to medial part (Fig. 43); propodeum lateral parts slightly duller with sparse, long, erect plumose white hairs. Tegulae translucent white-yellow, darker brown basally; wings hyaline, venation with light amber coloration, stigma darker, nervulus interstitial (in two of Iranian specimens) or weakly antefurcal. Legs dark brown, hind trochanter and femur with sparse long white hairs, tibia and basitarsus with dense short light hairs. Inner hind tibial spur not broadened, light yellow. Hairs of last tarsal segments white with faint light golden tints. Metasoma: L = 3.8 mm; W = 2.3 mm (Figs 44, 45). Terga black, polished, shiny, weakly punctured; T1–T4 marginal parts slightly depressed, lightened yellow-white with long dense white hair bands, widely interrupted on Т1, its basal part with long, sparse, erect white hairs; T2–T4 basal parts with sparse fine white-yellow setae. Sterna dark brown, medial part of S2–S5 strongly shagreened, sparsely punctate, punctures more distinct than on terga, with short thin yellow-brown setae on basal part; marginal parts lightened yellow-white with sparse complete white hair bands. S7 moderately narrow, its margin part centrally with almost rectangular ventrally flat projection with strongly bent edges and two dense tufts of long white plumose hair apically (Figs 46, 47). S8 of irregular rhombic shape with broadly rounded base, marginal parts around densely covered by long, plumose yellow-white hairs (Figs 48, 49). Genitalia elongate, almost twice as long as wide (Figs 50–56). Gonocoxites with very long dorsal lobes, gonostyli narrowed in apical half and very curved, their apices strongly diverging laterally, penis valves very dilated and flattened in basal half, and strongly narrowed and pointed apically; volsella rounded, moderately large. Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Central Kazakhstan (Popov 1960; Pisanty et al. 2021), Iran (first record) (Figs 1, 2). Floral visitation. This species has been recorded on the flowers of Astragalus sp. (Fabaceae), Lycium sp. (Solanaceae), Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae), and Cirsium sp. (Asteraceae) (Popov 1960, and this study). Flight period. The representatives of the species start flying from mid-April in the southern parts of its distribution range, and from mid-May in the northern areas, where females have been observed until mid-July (Popov 1960)., Published as part of Radchenko, Vladimir G., Allahverdi, Mohammad & Fekrat, Lida, 2021, Revision of the mining bee subgenus Andrena (Longandrena) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae), pp. 489-515 in Zootaxa 5032 (4) on pages 494-501, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5497060, {"references":["Osytshnjuk, A., Romasenko, L., Banaszak, J. & Motyka, E. (2008) Andreninae of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Part 2. Polish Entomological Monographs. Vol. 5. Polish Entomological Society, Poznan ', Bydgoszcz, 233 pp.","Popov, V. B. (1960) New and little-known species of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Turkmenia. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad, 27, 247 - 263. [in Russian]","Pisanty, G., Richter, R., Martin, T., Dettman, J. & Cardinal, S. (2021) Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and revised classification of andrenine bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107151. [in press] https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2021.107151"]}

Andrena (Longandrena) nativa Osytshnjuk 1984 Andrena nativa Osytshnjuk, 1984: 93; ♀; Turkmenistan, 100 km NE Kyzyl-Arvat, [Serdar], Kirpili (ZISP) (Fig. 4). Female (holotype and paratype). Body length (vertex to T6) 7.0–7.5 mm (Figs 96, 97). Head and mesosoma with blue-green metallic sheen, metasoma black. Body mainly with silver-white to gray-white pubescence, in some places with yellow tint due to color of collected pollen. Head: viewed frontally of almost equal width and length (L = 2.1, W = 2.2 mm), very slightly narrowed downwards, almost square, densely longitudinally striated on upper and central part of paraocular areas and on frons, and with inconspicuous hair-bearing punctures (Fig. 99). Lower paraocular area shining, polished, sparsely punctate, punctures small and separated by 2–4 puncture diameters. Facial fovea wide, depressed, especially in lower part, with white pubescence, occupying 2/3 ocellocular distance (Fig. 102), ventrally reaching level of clypeus base. Space between antennal scapes smoother and more densely punctate; supraclypeal area striate-rugose, almost impunctate. Compound eyes weakly convex, slightly wider than in other females of subgenus, 2.4 times longer than their maximum width, inner margin of compound eye curved only in upper half; distance between central and lateral ocelli almost equal to ocellus diameter. Head frontally with more or less long, dense erect hairs, and on genal area with semi-appressed ones. Clypeus slightly elongated, wide, almost hexagonal, centrally broadly concave, polished, strongly shining with very scattered isolated punctures bearing long semi-appressed white hair; lateral margins of clypeus in its basal half and narrow part of its base weakly shagreened, with scattered punctures. Narrow apical margin and widely elongated lateral angles of clypeus strongly depressed, at base of depression and apical half of clypeus laterally with long dense semi- appressed white hairs. Vertex strongly narrowed along posterior margin, widely concave, coarsely shagreened, with sparse punctures, except for smoothed, polished, shiny triangular area located between ocelli; distance between apical margin of vertex and lateral ocellus almost equal to ocellus diameter. Gena upper part moderately broad, equaling width of compound eye, significantly narrowed at lower part; gena surface shagreened, shiny, with sparse hair-bearing punctures (Fig. 100). Malar area short, 5 times wider than its length (Fig. 104). External subantennal sutures clearly discernible (Fig. 106). Mandibles basally black, their apical half light-red with almost undeveloped preapical teeth (Fig. 105); lower margin of mandibles with fringe of long sparse white hair. Process of labrum large, trapezoidal (Fig. 107), 2 times shorter than its width, transversely wrinkled in basal part, smoothed, polished and strongly shining in apical half, depressed margins of process with deep hair-bearing punctures; labrum apically with a cavity that is visible only ventrally (Fig. 108), with dense tuft of short golden-yellow hairs, broadly rounded with slightly elongated lateral corners and with continuous fringe of long thick golden-yellow hairs. Glossa narrow and very long (Fig. 103), more than 15 times longer than its base width, much longer than labial palpus. Galea long, weakly shagreened, with very sparse small superficial punctures bearing thin short setae, and along the lower margin with a fringe of long sparse hair, denser and longer at galea apex (Fig. 101); maxillary palpus slightly longer than galea. Antennae dark above, and flagellum red-yellow beneath (Fig. 98). Mesosoma: W (between tegulae) = 1.6 mm. Pronotum without lateral carinae. Scutum strongly shining, polished, except for weakly shagreened narrow anterior part, with irregularly scattered punctures, separated by 0.5–4 puncture diameters, centrally with very sparse punctures bearing long semi-erect whitish hairs (Fig. 109). Scutellum centrally polished, strongly shiny, almost impunctate, hairless, and on margins clearly shagreened, punctate with dense white erect pubescence. Mesepisternum entirely shagreened with small superficial punctures bearing long, dense plumose hairs. Propodeum finely reticulate, propodeal triangle with shinier and coarser reticulation, well-marked only on posterior half (Fig. 110). Propodeal corbicula incomplete with sparse long weakly flexed hairs; floccus well developed with long more strongly flexed hairs. Tegulae light-yellow, transparent; wings hyaline; venation and stigma yellow; forewing nervulus strongly antefurcal. Tibial scopa with long sparse intermixed simple and weakly plumose silver-white hairs, inner part of tibia with long plumose and weakly flexed hairs; metatibial inner spurs widened almost along entire length, strongly curved at apex (Fig. 24); 2 nd –5 th tarsal segments of all legs widened, yellow-red (Fig. 28); midbasitarsus curved laterally, central inner part of this segment with more short and dark pubescence (Fig. 111). Metasoma: L = 4 mm, W (in widest part) = 2.3 mm, black, ovoid (Figs 113, 114). Terga weakly convex, shining; T1 smoothed, polished, strongly shiny on basal part, weakly shagreened before apical part, with irregularly scattered small punctures, separated by 2–3 puncture diameters, in some parts more sparsely punctate, punctures denser before narrow impunctate apical margin, here separated by one puncture diameter; T2–T4 centrally weakly shagreened, more densely and evenly punctate, punctures separated by 1–2 puncture diameters; T3–T4 weakly and shallowly punctate; apical margins of all terga strongly depressed, lightened, transparent, densely and weakly punctate at base of marginal part. Tergal marginal zones with wide bands of dense and long appressed white hairs narrowly interrupted at T1, apical hairbands on T2–T4 broad, occupying more than 1/3 of tergum length, basal parts of these terga centrally with sparse short semi-appressed white hairs, and with semi-erect hairs laterally. Pygidial plate flat, triangular, rounded at apex, without lateral grooves (Fig. 112). Pygidial and prepygidial fimbriae yellowish-white. Sterna more strongly shagreened and more densely punctate than terga; basal parts of S2–S5 centrally impunctate, hairless, on S3 strongly convex; marginal parts of S2–S5 enlightened, transparent with long appressed thin white hairs (Fig. 111). Male: unknown. Studied material: 2 ♀ (holotype and paratype): 1 ♀ Turkmenistan, Kirpili, 100 km NE Kyzyl-Arvat [Serdar] 27.iv.[1]953, [on flowers of] Astragalus, leg. E. Arens (holotype – ZISP; Fig. 4); 1 ♀ ibid, 27.iv.[1]953, leg. E. Arens (paratype – SIZK; Fig. 7). Another female paratype specified in the description and was stored in SIZK (Osytshnjuk 1984): Turkmenistan, Uzboy, Alty-Kuyu, 28.iv.1952, leg. O. Kryzhanovsky, probably lost. Distribution. The species is known only by the original description from Turkmenistan (Fig. 2). Flight period. Late April. Floral visitation. Females were collected at the flowers of Astragalus (Fabaceae)., Published as part of Radchenko, Vladimir G., Allahverdi, Mohammad & Fekrat, Lida, 2021, Revision of the mining bee subgenus Andrena (Longandrena) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae), pp. 489-515 in Zootaxa 5032 (4) on pages 507-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5497060, {"references":["Osytshnjuk, A. Z. (1984) Four new species of the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) from Middle Asia. In: Savchenko, E. N. (Ed.), Taxonomy and Zoogeography of Insects. A Collection of Papers. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, pp. 89 - 94. [in Russian]"]}

Phthiria notiosa Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. (Figs. 1���4) Type material. Holotype (male), 1 female & 1 male paratypes (dried by HMDS) and 20 female & 10 male paratypes (in alcohol), Kerman, Hanza, Bondare-Hanza N 57��12��� 39���, E 19��19��� 29���, 2767 m a.s.l., white pan traps, leg. Sajjad Mogbeli, 10.vi.2009 (IRIPP); 10 female and 10 male paratypes, same data as holotype (ZMHB), 74 female and 22 male paratypes, same data as holotype (BG). Diagnosis. Phthiria notiosa sp. nov. is morphologically similar to Ph. vagans Loew, 1846, but in the female, it is easily distinguished by the black scutellum (yellow with a small black mark in Ph. vagans) and in the male, Phthiria notiosa sp. nov. is easily distinguished from the other species of Phthiria belonging to the group with short prong of first flagellomere (see Gharali & Evenhuis, 2017 for grouping) by having two longitudinal dusted stripes from the anterior to the posterior margin of mesonotum. Description. Holotype male. Body length: 4 mm, wing length: 5 mm. Head (Fig. 1b, c) completely black; frons black, gray dusted, with long white hairs; parafacials completely black, with long white hairs; mentum gray dusted, with sparse long white hairs; ocellar tubercle prominent black, with a few white hairs; eyes in contact for about 2.0 times length of frons, contact sector of eyes medially depressed, facets of upper half of eyes enlarged; antennae (Fig. 1c) completely black, scape quadrate, wider than long, pedicel round, first flagellomere long, about 5 times greatest width, dorsal prong about 1.5 times length of transparent style; palpi black, proboscis black, long, 2.5 times head length. Thorax (Fig. 1d, e). Mesonotum black with two dusted longitudinal stripes from anterior margin to posterior margin of mesonotum, with sparse long white hairs marginally, length of hairs about equal to combined length of two basal antennal segments; scutellum black, gray dusted with long dense white hairs marginally; pleura completely black, gray dusted, anepisternum and katepisternum with long white hairs, laterotergite with few white hairs, halter stem and knob white. Wing. Hyaline, uniformly microtrichose; veins blackish brown; costa reaches vein CuA1+A1; R 4+5 originates before level of m-m crossvein; crossvein r-m beyond middle of discal cell; anal cell closed before wing margin, stalked; anal lobe broad. Leg (Fig. 1a). Black; coxae and femur basally with long white hairs; tibia with a few black bristles; tarsal segments ventrolaterally with dense black bristles; empodium white, as long as claw. Abdomen (Fig. 1a). Tergites and sternites black with sclerotized black spots, sternites with long white hairs, tergites laterally dusted triangularly. Terminalia. Hypopygium black; epandrium triangular in dorsal view, with small invagination apically (Fig. 2c); gonocoxites ovoid, fused medially narrowly, apicomesal process as long as gonostylus, with small bristles; gonostylus oval, apically curved, pointed (Figs. 2b, c); basal aedeagal process narrow in dorsal view with two lateral rami basally, lateral aedeagal apodemes narrow (Fig. 2a); aedeagus apically curved (Fig. 2d). Female. Head. (Figs. 3a, b, f) Occiput black with eye margins yellow; frons black medially, almost yellow laterally, ocellar triangle black; ocelli an equilateral triangle; oral margin black narrowly, with short scattered white hairs; antennae completely black, scape slightly longer than wide; pedicel quadrate; first antennal flagellomere long, with short dorsal prong; style transparent, shorter than antennal prong; insertion of antennae yellow above; mentum black medially; palpi black, with a few short white hairs; proboscis long, 2.5 times head length, black. Thorax (Fig. 3c, b). Mesonotum glossy black, bare, with two grey dusted stripes extended from anterior margin to posterior margin of mesonotum, laterally yellow, postpronotum white, scutellum black, bare; pleura black except following: anteroventral corner of anepisternum, upper margin of katepisternum and meron; lower margin of anepimeron and laterotergite; halter stem and knob white. Leg. Coxae black with scattered white hairs, femora black, tibiae black with small black bristles, tarsi black, empodium yellow, as long as claw. Wing (Fig. 4a). Hyaline, uniformly microtrichose; veins blackish brown; costa reaches vein CuA1+A1; R 4+5 originates before level of m-m crossvein; crossvein r-m beyond middle of discal cell; anal cell closed, stalked; anal lobe wide. Abdomen (Fig. 3e). Tergites glossy black with posterior margins yellow; sternites black, bare. Terminalia (Figs. 4b���c). Furca consisting of two parallel bars; common spermathecal duct short, membranous; basal ducts membranous; sperm pump narrower than apical ducts, striated, with apical valve absent, apical ducts sclerotized, curved; basal sac membranous, round, spermathecal reservoir well sclerotized, cone-shaped, slightly curved, about 3 times capsule length. Distribution. This species is currently known only from Bondar-Hanza village belonging to Hanza city. This city is in a small part of Kerman province in the south of Iran. Specimens were collected by using white pan traps scattered in a mountainous area (Fig. 5) dominated mostly by plant in Asteraceae (Artemisia sieberi Besser, Hertia intermedia Kuntz, and Astragalus fasciculifolius Boiss) and Apiaceae (Ferulago angulate (Schlecht), and Ferula oopoda (Boiss. et Buhse). Etymology. The name of new species, Phthiria notiosa Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. is derived from the Greek �������������� meaning ���southern��� referring to the distribution of the new species being confined to the southern parts of Iran. Taxonomic remarks. Engel (1933) was the first who presented a key to almost all known species of the genus Phthiria in the Palaearctic Region. Using Engel���s key, the male specimens of the new species run to Ph. vagans ssp. pallescens , but Phthiria notiosa Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. is distinguished by two longitudinal dust stripes (absent in Ph. vagans ssp. pallescens) and the color of halter knob, which is completely yellow (with a brown spot dorsally in Ph. vagans ssp. pallescens). The female specimens of Phthiria notiosa Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. run to couplet 23 where Ph. incisa and Ph. vagans are separated from each other based on the color of scutellum. This new species is also separated from both those species by the color of scutellum, being completely black in the new species, as opposed to the brown with a central yellow spot (Ph. incisa) and almost completely yellow (Ph. vagans)., Published as part of Moghbeli, Sajjad, Gharali, Babak & Fekrat, Lida, 2021, Phthiria notiosa sp. nov., a new bombyliid species of the tribe Phthiriini (Diptera Bombyliidae, Phthiriinae) from Kerman province in the south of Iran, pp. 378-386 in Zootaxa 4990 (2) on pages 379-385, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/5026012, {"references":["Loew, H. (1846) Fragmente der Kenntniss der europaischen Arten einiger Dipteren Gattungen. Linnaea Entomologica, 1, 319 - 530.","Gharali, B. & Evenhuis, N. L. (2017) Phthiria vaganoides sp. nov. (Bombyliidae, Phthiriinae, Phthiriini) from Northern Iran with the first record of Phthiria fulva Meigen, 1804 reared from a lepidopteran and description of the pupa. Zootaxa, 4300 (1), 055 - 070. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4300.1.3","Engel, O. (1933) Bombyliidae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. IV (3). E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, pp. 97 - 144."]}

Genus Phthiria Meigen Phthiria Meigen, 1803: 268. Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796, by monotypy. Ptimia Rafinesque, 1815: 221 (unjustified emendation of Phthiria Meigen, 1820). Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796, automatic. Diagnosis. The family Bombyliidae is divided in two artificial groups, Homoeophthalmae and Tomophthalmae, based on postcranial features. Phthiria belongs to the Homoeophthalmae and the subfamily Phthiriinae, in this subfamily the genus Phthiria is easily recognized from all other genera by the following characters: Metapleuron with micropubescence, first flagellomere with short and sparse hairs, costal vein ending at anal vein, male terminalia rotated 180��, basistylus without mesal lobe bearing spines, apicomesal lobe well developed, and female spermathecal reservoir curved apically (Evenhuis, 1990; Greathead & Evenhuis, 2001)., Published as part of Moghbeli, Sajjad, Gharali, Babak & Fekrat, Lida, 2021, Phthiria notiosa sp. nov., a new bombyliid species of the tribe Phthiriini (Diptera Bombyliidae, Phthiriinae) from Kerman province in the south of Iran, pp. 378-386 in Zootaxa 4990 (2) on page 379, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/5026012, {"references":["Meigen, J. W. (1803) Versuch einer neuen GattungsEintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Magazin fur Insektenkunde, 2, 259 - 281.","Mikan, J. C. (1796) Monographia Bombyliorum Bohemiae iconibus illustrata. J. Herrl, Pragae [Prague], 59 + [1] pp.","Rafinesque, C. S. (1815) Analyse de la nature ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organises. Le nature est mon guide, et linneus mon maitre. Privately published, Palermo, 224 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 106607","Meigen, J. W. (1820) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Zweiter Theil. F. W. Forstmann, Aachen, x + 363 pp.","Evenhuis, N. L. (1990) Systematics and evolution of the genera of the subfamilies Usiinae and Phthiriinae of the world (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Entomonograph, 11, 1 - 72.","Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L. (2001) Annotated keys to the Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae) of Africa. African Invertebrates, 47, 105 - 244."]}

Empidideicus jirofti Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. Material examined. Holotype female (dried by HMDS)and 15 females and 20 males paratypes (preserved in alcohol, 1 female and 1 male paratypes dissected); IRAN, Kerman Province, Jiroft City, Esfandagheh Village, 57��28���21.07���E, 28��44���08.67���N, 1255m, 30 May 2017, leg. S. Mogbeli. Type depository. Holotype and 5 female and 5 male paratypes in MTD, 5 female and 5 male paratypes in BPBM, the other paratypes in BG. Diagnosis. Empidideicus jirofti Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. is differentiated from all other species of the genus from Iran by the combination of following characters: Frons yellow with a quadrate brown spot below ocellus, occiput brown with a small yellow spot; mesonotum brown with two admedian yellow stripes; scutellum brown with yellowish tinge basomedially; furca U-shaped with two process on lateral arms; reservoir globular with shallow invagination; gonocoxae with two triangular plate including perpendicular pointed process. Description. Male (Fig. 2a). Lengths: Body: 0.9���1.3 mm. Wing: 0.8���1.2 mm. Head (Fig. 2 a���b). Head ovoid, longer than high; eyes dichoptic, separated at vertex by about 1.6 times between lateral ocelli; vertex blackish brown; occiput blackish brown, with tiny yellow spot in upper half; frons slightly depressed medially, yellow with quadrate brown spot just below median ocellus; antennae set in deep pocket; Scape yellow, subrectangular, wider than long, Pedicel yellow, subglobular, slightly wider than long, first flagellomere light brown, elliptical, length two-time greatest width, about three times (3.2) second flagellomere in length, second flagellomere light brown, cylindrical, apically with tiny hyaline stylus (Fig.1a); face yellow; mentum yellow medially brown laterally; labrum stiff, pointed apically, brown, about 1.2 head high in length; labium brown, 1.7 head high in length, pointed apically. Thorax (Fig. 2 a���c). Mesonotum completely brown with two admedian yellow stripes coming from anterior margin of mesonotum to level of postalar calli; postpronotal lobe, postalar calli, lateral margin from postpronotal to postalar calli yellow; prescutellar area completely blackish brown; scutellum brown medially with yellowish tinge; pleura predominantly dark brown except following: upper margins of katepisternum and meron and dorsolateral corner of anepisternum and posterior margin of anepimeron; halter stem and knob white. Legs. Femora brown, distally narrowly yellow; tibia yellow; two basal segment of tarsi yellow, remainder brown. Wing (Fig. 1b). Hyaline, costa ends slightly beyond vein R 4+5, Sc ends much before costa; br and bm cells confluent, discal cell absent, M 1 curve; M 2 straight; M 1+2 0.7 times M 2 in length; anal cell open for width subequal to r-m cross vein; veins M 1, M 2,Cua 1 translucent. Abdomen. Tergites almost brown, posterior and lateral margins narrowly yellow; sternites brown, posterior margins narrowly yellow; pleura completely white. Male genitalia (Fig. 3). Epandrium (Fig. 3b) subrectangular, laterally with two processes; cercus triangular, large; gonocoxites (Fig. 3c) connected narrowly medially, subtriangular in dorsal view, apical margin round less sclerotized than other parts, with two sclerotized triangular plates including perpendicular pointed spike, medially with narrow apically curved sclerotized appendage; gonostyli subtrapezoidal with round margin including long bristles; distiphallus (Fig. 3a) wide, short, lateral aedeagal apodeme slightly curved, longer than tumefied basiphallus; apical aedeagal apodeme large with two large rectangular rami basally. Female (Fig. 2 b���c). Similar to male except larger in size and with larger yellow spot on lateral margin of occiput and pleural sclerites lighter. Female genitalia (Fig. 4). Furca U-shaped, lateral arms with two inwardly directed processes subapically (Fig. 4c); common spermathecal duct absent; basal spermathecal duct (Fig. 4a) 1.2 times apical duct in length, striated, membranous, slightly widening distally, one tenth of apical part cylindrical, narrow, smooth; apical spermathecal duct narrower than basal duct, tubular, smooth, spermathecal reservoir (Fig. 4b) globular with shallow, cylindrical invagination, depth of invagination one tenth dimeter of reservoir. Remarks. The species of the genus Empidideicus described from Iran have been recently keyed by Gharali et al. (2014). This new species is stymied at couplet 3 because the lateral margin of occiput is not completely yellow or black. Empidideicus jirofti Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov. is easily separated from the other species by this character. Distribution. The new species is currently known only from Jiroft city (Kerman province) in the south of Iran (Fig. 5). The type locality is a mountainous place covered with plants of the families Rhamnaceae (Ziziphus spp.), Fabaceae (Astragalus spp.), and Gramineae. Etymology. The name of new species, Empidideicus jirofti Gharali, Mogbeli & Fekrat sp. nov., is derived from the word Jiroft, a city in the southern Kerman province, an area of about 18 square kilometers with hot and humid climate, so this city is called the greenhouse city of Iran., Published as part of Moghbeli, Sajjad, Fekrat, Lida & Gharali, Babak, 2020, Empidideicus jirofti sp. nov. (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Empidideicinae), a new microbombyliid from Kerman province, southern Iran, with a key to species of Empidideicus from Iran, pp. 352-360 in Zootaxa 4722 (4) on pages 353-359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3609589, {"references":["Gharali, B., Majnon Jahromi, B., Evenhuis, N. L. & Fallahzadeh, M. (2014) First record of the genus Empidideicus Becker (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae, Empidideicinae) from southern Iran with description of a new species, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 151, 27 - 34."]}

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) Figs 1���4, 6, 14���16, 20 Coccinella axyridis Pallas, 1773. Material examined. IRAN: GILAN PROVINCE: Rudsar County, Rudsar, 37��8���11.739���N, 50��16���55.037���E, vi.2016, 2 spec., ex Corylus sp., Z. M. Haghghadam leg., A. Biranvand det. ; Rasht County, Rasht, Melat Park, 37��17���27.151���N, 49��35���47.65���E, iii.���ix.2016 + 2017, 85 ♂♂, 230 ♀♀, ex Corylus sp., Hibiscus sp., Lagerstroemia sp., Nerium sp., Populus, sp., Prunus sp., Robinia sp., Z. M. Haghghadam & M. Mardani-Talaee leg., A. Biranvand & O. Nedvěd det.; Fuman County, Fuman, Shahr Park, 37��13���51.45���N, 49��19���6.134���E, viii.2017, 1 spec., ex Lagerstroemia sp., Z. M. Haghghadam leg., A. Biranvand det.; Langarud County, Langarud, 37��11���33.1���N, 50��09���09.2���E, vii.2017, 5 spec., ex Citrus sp., Z. M. Haghghadam leg., A. Biranvand det.; Lahijan County, Lahijan, 37��11���22.652���N, 50��1���10.229���E, viii.2017, 2 spec., ex Quora sp., Z. M. Haghghadam leg., A. Biranvand det. MAZANDARAN PROVINCE: Nur County, Chamestan, vii.2017, 1 spec., E. Shafiee & E. Dehghan leg., M. Z. Khormizi det.; Ramsar County, Sadat Shahr, 36��53���21.449���N, 50��41���45.658���E, vii.2017, 1 spec., E. Shafiee & E. Dehghan leg., M. Z. Khormizi det. SAUDI ARABIA: RIYADH PROVINCE: Diriyah, 24��48���43.39���N 46��31���17.27���E, v.2005, 1 spec. (forma conspicua), S. A. Turkestani leg., A. N. Al Ansi det. TURKEY: BILECIK PROVINCE: Bilecik Central District, Pelit��z��, 40��11���6.9756������N, 29��58���5.5704���E, xi.2014, ix.���xi.2015, iii.���viii.2016, 55 spec., ex Cydonia sp., Juglans sp., Malus sp., Medicago sp., Morus sp., Phaseolus sp., Prunus sp., weeds, insidebuildings, D. Şenal leg.et det.; Osmaneli District, Sarıyazı village, 40��27���19.188���N, 29��56���22.56���E, xi.2014, xi.2015, vi.2016, 10 spec., ex Abelmoschus sp., Cydonia sp., Paliurus sp., Solanum sp., Triticum sp., D. Şenal leg.et det.; Yenipazar District, 2.5 km NWYenipazar, G��lpazarı Yenipazar Yolu, 40��11���30.048���N, 30��30���5.184���E, vi.���xi.2015, vi.���x.2016, 46 spec., ex Helianthus sp., Medicago sp., Paliurus sp., Prunus sp., Pyrus sp., Triticum sp., Vitis sp., D. Şenal leg. et det.; S��ğ��t District, K��re, 40��5���14.892���N, 30��9���2.7936���E, vii.���xi.2015, vi.���viii.2016, 20 spec., ex Abelmoschus sp., Capsicum sp., Cucurbita sp., Juglans sp., Medicago sp., Mentha sp., Phaseolus sp., Prunus sp., Solanum sp., weeds, D. Şenal leg.et det.; Pazaryeri District, Arapdede, 39��59���40.92���N, 29��52���44.328���E, viii.���xi.2015, vi.���viii.2016, 25 spec., ex Humulus sp., Juglans sp., Malus sp., Medicago sp., Pinus sp., D.Şenal leg.et det.; Boz��y��k District, 1.6 km NW ��ok��apınar, ��ok��apınar Ecek��y Yolu, 39��46���19.2���N, 29��58���3.9���E, ix.2015, viii.2016, 4 spec., ex Medicago sp., Quercus sp., D. Şenal leg. et det.; G��lpazarı District, 4.2 km SW G��lpazarı, Reşadiye Mahallesi, 40��15���53.2764���N, 30��16���26.5044���E, viii.���xi.2015, vii.2016, 25 spec., ex Helianthus sp., Malus sp., Prunus sp., weeds, D. Şenal leg. et det.; İnhisar District, Karaağa�� Mahallesi, Mihalgazi ��� İnhisar Yolu, 40��2���42.36���N, 30��24���9.684���E, vii.���xi.2015, vi.2016, 67 spec., ex Capsicum sp., Paliurus sp., Punica sp., Solanum sp., weeds, D. Şenal leg. et det. Notes. The specimen of H. axyridis from Saudi Arabia was already collected in 2005 but remained unidentified until now. As a result, this is the first formal report of H. axyridis from Saudi Arabia. The first publishedreports of this species in Turkey were from 2011, collected in the European part of the country, in Tekirdağ Province (AYSAL & KIVAN 2014). Other recent collections were made in several localities in the provinces of Bartın (TOPER KAYGIN & SOBUTAY KAPTAN 2017), ��anakkale (BAŞTUĞ & KASAP 2015), D��zce (��ZTEMIZ & YAYLA 2018), Isparta (OĞUZOĞLU 2017), Tekirdağ (AYSAL & KIVAN 2014), and Yozgat (TIFTIK��I 2017). Asingle specimen has been found in Nevşehir Province, in the vicinityof G��reme (BUKEJS & TELNOV 2015). This was suggested to be the first report of H. axyridis for Turkey but it was only collected in July 2013, whereas several specimens from Tekirdağ Province were collected in 2011���2012 (AYSAL & KIVAN 2014). In Iran, H. axyridis was for the first time collected in April 2016, from the city of Rasht in Gilan Province (MARDANI-TALAEE et al. 2019). Similar to what these authors found, we collected many adults from various host plants. Moreover, H. axyridis was reported from Israel based on a single specimen (forma succinea) collected in 2017 from Kibbutz Netzer Sereni (MIENIS 2017). All known records of H. axyridis from the Middle East are summarized in Fig. 20., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Al Ansi, Amin N., Fekrat, Lida, Haghghadam, Zahra Mojib, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Noorinahad, Sara, ��enal, Derya, Shakarami, Jahanshir & Haelewaters, Danny, 2019, The genus Harmonia (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the Middle East region, pp. 163-170 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1) on pages 165-166, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0014, http://zenodo.org/record/4552749, {"references":["PONTOPPIDAN E. 1763: Den Danske Atlas, eller Konge-Riget Dannemark. Efter HOy-Kongelig allernaadigst Befalning. Tomus I. A. H. Godiche, Kopenhagen, 723 pp.","AYSAL T. & KIVAN M. 2014: Occurrence of an invasive alien species Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Turkey. Turkiye Entomoloji Bulteni 4: 141 - 146.","TOPER KAYGIN A. & SOBUTAY KAPTAN U. 2017: Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) species of Bartin Province. Journal of Bartin Faculty of Forestry 19: 227 - 236.","BASTUG G. & KASAP I. 2015: Faunistic studies on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) family in the province of Canakkale. Turkish Journal of Biological Control 6: 41 - 50.","OZTEMIZ S. & YAYLA S. 2018: Two new species of Harmonia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Duzce, Turkey. Munis Entomology & Zoology 13: 318 - 322.","OGUZOGLU S. 2017. Cinara cedri'nin Isparta Orman Bolge Mudurlu g u Sedir Ormanlarinda Yayili s i, Zarari, Biyolojisi ve Do g al Du s manlari. [Distribution, damage, biology and natural enemies of Cinara cedri in Isparta forest regional directorate cedar forests]. Thesis deposited at Department of Forest Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, 116 pp.","TIFTIKCI P. 2017: Studies on Coccinellidae species identified on sugar beet production areas in Yozgat province. Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 33: 79 - 90 (in Turkish, English abstract).","BUKEJS A. & TELNOV D. 2015: The first record of the invasive lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Turkey. Zoology and Ecology 25: 59 - 62.","MARDANI-TALAEE M., ZIBAEEA., RAHIMI V., KHORMIZI M. Z., MOZAFAR MANSOURI S. & NEDVED O. 2019: Occurrence of invasive ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Iran. Coleopterists Bulletin 73: 1 - 7.","MIENIS H. K. 2017: A first record of the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis from Israel (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Natural History and Other Notes 14: 5 - 7."]}

Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763) Figs 5, 7���13, 17���19 Coccinella quadripunctata Pontoppidan, 1763; C. albida Gmelin, 1790; C. marginella M��ller, 1776; C. marginepunctata Schaller, 1783; C. notata Olivier, 1791; C. sedecimpunctata Fabricius, 1781. Material examined. IRAN: NORTH KHORASAN PROVINCE: Bojnord County, Bojnurd, Baba Aman Park, 37��29.338���N, 57��26.123���E, vi.2013, 4 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀, (3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ ex Hordeum sp.), E. Hamidi leg., O. Nedvěd & C. Canepari det. SEMNAN PROVINCE: Shahrud County, Bastam, 36��30.314���N, 55��00.290���E, v.2014, 2 ♂♂ 1♀, M. Toozandejani leg., A. Biranvand det. TURKEY: BILECIK PROVINCE: Bilecik Central District, Pelit��z��, 40��11���06.9756���N, 29��58���05.5704���E, iv.���xi.2015, vii.2016, 31 spec., ex Malus sp., Pinus sp., Prunus sp., weeds, D. Şenal leg. et det.; Osmaneli District, 2.6 km NE D��zmeşe, 40��23���55.5���N, 29��56���40.092���E, vi.���ix.2015, vi.���viii.2016, 5 spec., ex Olea sp., Paliurus sp., Prunus spp., D. Şenal leg.et det.; İnhisar District, G��ner Orbay Mahallesi, 1.9 km NW İnhisar, 40��03���37.116���N, 30��22���5.088���E, vi.2016, 1 spec., ex Paliurus sp., D. Şenal leg. et det. Notes. Harmonia quadripunctata was originally described from Denmark (PONTOPPIDAN 1763). It is native to the Palearctic Region, distributed especially in Europe and eastern Asia ��� Russia, China, and Korea (BIELAWSKI 1963, 1980; VANDENBERG 1990; PANG et al. 2004; KOV��Ř 2007). However, there aresome reports of thisspecies from other countries of the Palearctic Regionincluding Syria (KHALIL & MOURAD 2006), Israel (HALPERIN et al. 1995), Lebanon and Turkey (G��NTHER 1958, BIELAWSKI 1963). Harmonia quadripunctata was introduced into the USA and reported there since 1924 (VANDENBERG 1990). In southern America, introduced populations have only been reported from Argentina and Chile so far (GONZ��LEZ 2006). The earliest record of H. quadripunctata in Turkey was provided by G��NTHER (1958). Since then, many studies reported H. quadripunctata in 22 of Turkey���s 81 provinces: Ankara (G��NTHER 1958, UYGUN 1981, ��LGENT��RK & TOROS 2000), Kayseri (G��NTHER 1958), Konya (G��NTHER 1958, ŞAHBAZ & UYSAL 2006), Adana, Afyon, Bursa, Denizli (UYGUN 1981), Isparta (UYGUN, 1981, ASLAN & KARACA 2005, KARACA et al. 2006, KAYA BAŞAR & YAŞAR 2011, OĞUZOĞLU 2017), Amasya, Samsun, Tokat (KILI�� & AYKA�� 1989), Erzurum (��ZBEK & ��ETIN 1991), İzmir, Manisa (TEZCAN & UYGUN 2003), Kahramanmaraş (ASLAN & UYGUN 2005), Balıkesir (VURAL VARLI et al. 2013), Artvin (PORTAKALDALI & SATAR 2010), ��anakkale (BAŞTUĞ & KASAP 2015), Bartın (TOPER KAYGIN & SOBUTAY KAPTAN 2017), Yozgat (TIFTIK��I 2017), D��zce (��ZTEMIZ & YAYLA 2018), and Bilecik (this study). In Iran, H. quadripunctata was first reportedfrom North Khorasan Province in 2013 (BIRANVAND et al. 2017). It was subsequently reported from Mazandaran Province, in northern Iran (PAHLAVAN YALI et al. 2017). Here, wepresent the first report from Semnan Province., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Al Ansi, Amin N., Fekrat, Lida, Haghghadam, Zahra Mojib, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Noorinahad, Sara, ��enal, Derya, Shakarami, Jahanshir & Haelewaters, Danny, 2019, The genus Harmonia (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the Middle East region, pp. 163-170 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1) on pages 166-167, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0014, http://zenodo.org/record/4552749, {"references":["PONTOPPIDAN E. 1763: Den Danske Atlas, eller Konge-Riget Dannemark. Efter HOy-Kongelig allernaadigst Befalning. Tomus I. A. H. Godiche, Kopenhagen, 723 pp.","BIELAWSKI R. 1963: Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) iz Bliznego Vostoka. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warszawa) 10: 391 - 398.","BIELAWSKI R. 1980: Die Marienkafer (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) der Koreanischen Volksdemokratischen Republik. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warszawa) 25: 221 - 254.","VANDENBERG N. 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Phytoparasitica 23: 127 - 137.","GUNTHER V. 1958: Ergebnisse der zoologischen Expedition des National Museums in Prag nach der Turkei. 22. Coleoptera Coccinellidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 32: 19 - 36.","GONZALEZ G. 2006: Los Coccinellidae de Chile. Permanent electronic publication available at http: // www. coccinellidae. cl (Accessed on 23 December 2017).","UYGUN N. 1981: Taksonomische Untersuchungen uber die Coccinelliden Fauna (Coleoptera) der Turkei. Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture Res. Publ. no. 157 / 48. Adana, Turkey.","ULGENTURK S. & TOROS S. 2000: Preliminary studies on parasitoids and predators of Diaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) species on park plants. Journal of Agricultural Science 6: 106 - 110.","SAHBAZ A. & UYSAL M. 2006: The predators and parasitoids of the aphid species (Homoptera: Aphididae) on poplars in Konya province of Turkey. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 20: 119 - 125.","ASLAN B. & KARACA I. 2005: Fruit tree aphids and their natural enemies in Isparta region, Turkey. Journal of Pest Science 78: 227 - 229.","KARACA I., KARSAVURAN Y., AVCI M., DEMIROZER O., ASLAN B., SOKELI E. & BULUT H. S. 2006: Faunistic studies on Coleoptera species of Isparta province (Turkey). Suleyman Demirel University, Journal of Science and Technology Institute 10: 180 - 184.","KAYA BASAR M. & YASAR B. 2011: Determination of ladybird species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on fruit trees in Isparta, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology 35: 519 - 534.","OGUZOGLU S. 2017. Cinara cedri'nin Isparta Orman Bolge Mudurlu g u Sedir Ormanlarinda Yayili s i, Zarari, Biyolojisi ve Do g al Du s manlari. [Distribution, damage, biology and natural enemies of Cinara cedri in Isparta forest regional directorate cedar forests]. Thesis deposited at Department of Forest Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, 116 pp.","KILIC M. & AYKAC M. K. 1989: Karadeniz bolgesi seftali bahcelerindeki zararlilarla mucadelenin yonetimi uzerinde arastirmalar. [Investigations on the pest management in peach orchards in the black sea region of Turkey]. Bitki Koruma Bulteni 29: 211 - 241 (in Turkish, English summary).","OZBEK H. & CETIN G. 1991: Contribution to the fauna Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from eastern Anatolia along with some new records from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology 15: 193 - 202.","TEZCAN S. & UYGUN N. 2003: Evaluation of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) fauna of ecologically managed cherry orchards in Izmir and Manisa provinces of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomolgy 27: 73 - 79.","ASLAN M. M. & UYGUN N. 2005: The aphidophagous coccinellid (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 29: 1 - 8.","VURAL VARLI S., SAKIN G. & ONCUL ABACIGIL T. 2013: The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) species collected by different trap methods in olive orchards of Edremit Bay's (Balikesir / Turkey). Turkish Bulletin of Entomology 3: 151 - 160.","PORTAKALDALI M. & SATAR S. 2010: Research on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) fauna in Artvin and Rize province. Bulletin of Plant Protection 50: 89 - 99.","BASTUG G. & KASAP I. 2015: Faunistic studies on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) family in the province of Canakkale. Turkish Journal of Biological Control 6: 41 - 50.","TOPER KAYGIN A. & SOBUTAY KAPTAN U. 2017: Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) species of Bartin Province. Journal of Bartin Faculty of Forestry 19: 227 - 236.","TIFTIKCI P. 2017: Studies on Coccinellidae species identified on sugar beet production areas in Yozgat province. Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 33: 79 - 90 (in Turkish, English abstract).","OZTEMIZ S. & YAYLA S. 2018: Two new species of Harmonia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Duzce, Turkey. Munis Entomology & Zoology 13: 318 - 322.","BIRANVAND A., NEDVED O., SHAKARAMI J., FEKRAT L., HAMI- DI E., VOLF M. & HANLEY G. A. 2017: The ladybeetle community (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in North East of Iran. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 17: 49 - 67.","PAHLAVAN YALI K., PASHAI RAD S., KHORMIZI M. Z., HAGH- GHADAM Z. M., HEIDARI LATIBARI M., HANLY G. 2017: Research on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) fauna in Mazandarn province, Iran. Journal of Biological Control 31: 123 - 127."]}

Harmonia Mulsant, 1846 = Leis Mulsant, 1850; Ballia Mulsant, 1853; Callineda Crotch, 1871; Stictoleis Crotch, 1874; Ptychanatis Crotch, 1874; Rhopaloneda Timberlake, 1943 (sensu ŚLIPIŃSKI 2007). Diagnosis. Length 4���8 mm. Elytra moderately to strongly convex, glabrous; elytral color pattern variable. Clypeus anteriorly straight between lateral projections. Antenna composed of 11 antennomeres, slightly shorter than the width of head capsule, with club moderately compact, composed of three antennomeres (Fig. 9). Terminal maxillary palpomere securiform (Fig. 11). Pronotal disc evenly convex, transverse with narrowly upturned and/or slightly thickenedexternal borders. Prothoracichypomeronwithout fovea near anterior angles; prosternal process without or withdistinctlateral carinae extendinganteriorly (Figs 6���7). Anteriormarginof mesoventriteweaklyfoveate mediallyto straight. Elytral lateral marginsnarrowly raised; epipleuron not foveate. Apices of middle and hindtibiae without spurs (Fig. 8). Abdominalpostcoxallinesnot recurved, incomplete laterally (Fig. 12). Penis stout, consists of basal sclerite and additionalapical piece. Ovipositor withcoxitesclub-handle type; infundibulum present; spermatheca C-shaped., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Al Ansi, Amin N., Fekrat, Lida, Haghghadam, Zahra Mojib, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Noorinahad, Sara, ��enal, Derya, Shakarami, Jahanshir & Haelewaters, Danny, 2019, The genus Harmonia (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the Middle East region, pp. 163-170 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1) on page 164, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0014, http://zenodo.org/record/4552749, {"references":["SLIPINSKI A. 2007: Australian ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): their biology and classification. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, 286 pp."]}

Neoheegeria astragali sp.n. Female microptera. Body and legs dark brown (Fig. 1), fore tibia and fore tarsi yellow, mid and hind tarsi paler than their tibia, antennal segments III���V light brown, VI darker (Fig. 5), major setae including sub-basal wing setae light brown; fore wing clear, weakly shaded around sub-basal setae (Fig. 2). Head longer than wide, weakly transversely striate but without sculpture between ocelli; post ocular setae finely acute, extending beyond hind margin of eye; maxillary stylets long and slender, retracted to eyes (Fig. 11) (in a few specimens including holotype this is retracted to basal half of head length (Fig. 12)), almost one third of head width apart, maxillary bridge well developed; mouth cone relatively pointed. Antennae 8-segmented, segment III and IV with 3 and 4 sense cones respectively; segment VIII narrowed at base but not constricted (Fig. 5). Pronotum with 5 pairs of well-developed pointed major setae (anteromarginals, anteroangulars, midlaterals, epimerals, and posteroangulars). Epimeral sutures complete (Fig. 11). Prosternal basantra and ferna developed, ferna wider than long. Fore tarsal tooth absent or a minute fore tarsal tooth present (Figs 3, 8). Mesopraesternum weakly joined medially. The mesonotum has a short postero-median cleft. Metanotum very weakly sculptured, median setae arising on anterior half of sclerite (Fig. 14). Metathoracic sternopleural sutures extend posteriorly from the midcoxal cavities (Fig. 15). Fore wings with three sub-basal setae situated in a triangle. Pelta usually D- shaped, with weak sculpture (Fig. 24), campaniform sensilla present at posterior; abdominal tergites II���VII with two pairs of wing-retaining setae (Fig. 19); tergite VII with two campaniform sensilla close together (Fig. 23); segment IX with seta S1 and S2 acute, smaller than tube; tube short, length less than twice basal width (Fig. 22), shorter than head; anal setae about as long as tube or a little longer. Measurements of holotype micropterous female ( in microns): Body distended length 2344, Head length (width across cheeks) 257 (208), post ocular setae 69. Pronotum, length 160; median width 305; major setae, anteromarginal 32, anteroangulars 36, midlaterals 43, epimerals 63, posteroangulars 40. Mesonotal lateral setae 27. Fore wing, length 330; sub-basal setae S1 36, S2 40, S3 59. Tergite IX setae S1 85, S2 86. Tube length (basal width) 122 (68). Antennal segments I���VIII length 30, 52, 58, 62, 63, 56, 57, 43. Female macroptera. Colour and structure very similar to microptera. Fore wings with 7���10 duplicated cilia. Measurements of a macropterous female (in PPSU) (in microns): Body distended length 2182, Head length (width across cheeks) 234 (224), post ocular setae 63. Pronotum, length 154; median width 311; major setae, anteromarginals 30, anteroangulars 33, midlaterals 33, epimerals 63, posteroangulars 40. Mesonotal lateral setae 28. Fore wing, length 795; sub-basal setae 36, 65, 60. Tergite IX setae S1 81, S2 85. Tube length (basal width) 121 (70). Antennal segments I���VIII length 31, 46, 57, 62, 63, 54, 51, 45. Male macroptera. Generally similar to female but smaller. All antennal segments are almost brown (Fig. 13), fore tarsal tooth well developed (Fig. 4). Fore wings with 7���10 duplicated cilia. The tube is long and pseudovirga divided at the apex. Measurements of a macropterous male (in PPSU) (in microns): Body distended length 1935, Head length (width across cheeks) 221 (196), post ocular setae 63. Pronotum, length 154; median width 294; major setae, anteromarginal 27, anteroangular 30, midlateral 40, epimeral 70, posteroangular 54. Mesonotal lateral seta 23. Fore wing, length 766; sub-basal setae 51, 47, 66. Tergite IX setae S1 143, S2 45. Tube length (basal width) 149 (56). Antennal segments I���VIII length 33, 47, 59, 56, 51, 46, 40, 32. Material studied. Holotype micropterous female, IRAN, Fars province, Sepidan, Barme Firooz Mountain, Astragalus sp., 24.v.2013 (KM 1021) (in NHM). Paratypes: 9 female micropterae, 1 female, 1 male macropterae, same data as holotype (in ANIC and PPSU); 2 female micropterae, 2 female, 1 male macropterae, same place, same plant, 16.v.2014 (KM 1193) (in PPSU); 8 female micropterae, same place, same plant, 12.v.2017 (KM 1627) (in PPSU). Non type specimens: 8 female micropterae (2 in PPSU, 6 in PPFU), IRAN, Khorasan-e-Razavi, Tandooreh National Park, Tivan, same plant, 14.vi.2013, Lida Fekrat. Comments. Among Haplothripini species, the tenth abdominal segment of Neoheegeria species, the tube, is characteristically long, being at least 2 times as long as the median length of the ninth abdominal segment. The new species is thus unique among Neoheegeria species, not only in its short wings but also in having the tube scarcely 1.8 times as long as the ninth abdominal segment. Moreover, three of the five Neoheegeria species have no metathoracic sternopleural sutures, whereas micropterae and macropterae of N. astragali have these sutures long and slender. The presence of metathoracic sternopleural sutures is shared with gigantea, but astragali has smaller body size, shorter tube, and in females antennal segments III���V are clearly paler. The micropterous condition in most specimens distinguishes this new species. N. astragali is also distinct in metanotum sculpture which is almost not reticulated (Fig. 14) in contrast to other species of the genus that have weak reticulation (Fig. 16)., Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz, Fekrat, Lida & Mound, Laurence, 2018, The genus Neoheegeria with a new species from Iran exhibiting wing-dimorphism (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), pp. 563-570 in Zootaxa 4455 (3) on pages 564-565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1457385

Neoheegeria dalmatica Schmutz Neoheegeria dalmatica Schmutz, 1909: 344. This is the type species of the genus and is probably the most common species of Neoheegeria in Europe and Asia, including northern and southern Iran (Collins 2007; Minaei et al. 2007). The large number of dalmatica deposited in PPSU indicates that the species is collected from leaves and flowers of various species of Stachys and Phlomis [Lamiaceae]., Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz, Fekrat, Lida & Mound, Laurence, 2018, The genus Neoheegeria with a new species from Iran exhibiting wing-dimorphism (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), pp. 563-570 in Zootaxa 4455 (3) on page 565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1457385, {"references":["Schmutz, K. (1909) Zur kenntnis einiger neuer Thysanopterengenera und - spezies. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 23, 342 - 347.","Collins, D. W. (2007) Two species of thrips (Thysanoptera) new to Britain, Neoheegeria dalmatica Schmutz and Frankliniella pallida (Uzel), with an updated key to the British species of Frankliniella Karny. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 20, 241 - 248."]}

Neoheegeria persica Priesner Neoheegeria persica Priesner, 1954: 54. This species was described from a single female collected on Prangos ferulacea [Apiaceae] in Iran. Subsequently, Minaei et al. (2007) collected this species from various plants including Astragalus sp. and Phlomis sp. More recently, a series of both sexes was collected from Mentha pulegium [Lamiaceae] at Sepidan (Fars province). The only difference between persica and dalmatica is the color of antennal segments III���VI. The fustis in the ninth abdominal segment was reported in persica to be unusually elongate (Minaei et al. 2007), but this is not confirmed by the specimens collected recently on Mentha pulegium., Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz, Fekrat, Lida & Mound, Laurence, 2018, The genus Neoheegeria with a new species from Iran exhibiting wing-dimorphism (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), pp. 563-570 in Zootaxa 4455 (3) on page 568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1457385, {"references":["Priesner, H. (1954) On some Thysanoptera from Persia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7, 49 - 57. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3956.1.4"]}

Neoheegeria sinaitica Priesner Neoheegeria sinaitica Priesner, 1934: 278 The type specimens were collected on Verbascum sp. in Sinai, Egypt but another series was collected at the same locality on Phlomis floccosa [Lamiaceae]. Priesner (1965) concluded that the identification of Verbascum might be incorrect. The species is distinguished from other species in the genus by the presence of a ���conspicuous��� or ���rather prominent, slender��� fore tarsal tooth in females (Priesner 1934; 1965). A single female of sinaitica was collected on Astragalus sp. with the new species described above, and this is the first report of sinaitica since its description. The validity of this species remains doubtful, in the absence of further specimens from the area of the type locality., Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz, Fekrat, Lida & Mound, Laurence, 2018, The genus Neoheegeria with a new species from Iran exhibiting wing-dimorphism (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), pp. 563-570 in Zootaxa 4455 (3) on page 569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1457385, {"references":["Priesner, H. (1934) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanoptera of Egypt, IX. Bulletin de la Societe Royal Entomologie d'Egypte, 18, 275 - 285.","Priesner, H. (1965) A Monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian Deserts. Publications de l'Institut Desert Egypte, 13, 1 - 549."]}

Key to the Iranian species of Hyperaspis 1. Pronotum black in the middle, with yellow, orange or red lateral, sometimes also front margins...................... 2 - Pronotum orange or brown with contrasting pattern........................................................ 13 2. Elytra completely black, without spots (Fig. 14); pronotum black with red lateral margins; body length 2.8–3.0 mm; penis guide almost symmetrical, pointed (Fig.1).................................................. H. concolor Suffrian - Elytra black with yellow, orange or red markings........................................................... 3 3. Single pair of red spots in posterior half of elytra (preapical).................................................. 4 - More than one pair of yellow, orange or red markings....................................................... 5 4. Body not uniformly oval, wider posteriorly; pronotum with broad red lateral margins; each elytron with reddish spot (Fig. 23); penis guide with truncate apex and large median tooth (Figs. 9, 10); body length 3.1–5.0 mm........ H. reppensis (Herbst) - Body uniformly oval; pronotum with narrow orange lateral margins; each elytron with orange spot (Fig.15); penis guide broad, shorter than parameres, with oblique apex and small median tooth (Fig. 2); body length 3.2–4.0 mm... H. duvergeri Fürsch 5. Each elytron with two rounded spots, one (discal) in anterior half, one (preapical) in posterior half.................... 6 - Elytra with more complex pattern...................................................................... 10 6. Each elytron with two yellowish spots of almost same size (Fig. 20); penis guide with asymmetric apex and small median tooth (Fig. 6); body length 2.8 mm...................................................... H. persica Duverger (male) - Discal spot smaller than preapical one, orange or red........................................................ 7 7. Penis guide symmetrical, slender, with rounded apex, without median tooth (Fig. 3)........... H. femorata (Motschulsky) - Penis guide asymmetrical, with straight or oblique apex...................................................... 8 8. Penis guide broad with squarely truncate apex and large blunt median tooth (Fig. 8); elytron with discal spot moderately large (Fig. 22).................................................................. H. quadrimaculata Redtenbacher - Penis guide with obliquely truncate apex and small median tooth; elytron with discal spot very small or absent.......... 9 9. Penis guide much shorter than parameres (Fig. 4); spots on elytra orange (Fig. 17)............ H. histeroides (Faldermann) - Penis guide almost as long as parameres (Fig. 11); spots on elytra red (Fig. 24)....................... H. syriaca Weise 10. Each elytron with three spots (anterior, discal, preapical) and narrow lateral stripe joined with at least anterior spots, yellow or orange; penis guide long, slender, with sharp median tooth.................................................. 11 - Each elytron with large irregular, red patch in the middle, often reaching lateral margin, sometimes with small black spot in center of patch; head black; body length 3.0 mm (Fig. 19)............................. H. persica Duverger (female) 11. Head brown; pronotum black with anterior and lateral margins yellowish orange; preapical spot on elytron not confluent with lateral stripe (Fig. 21); body length 2.8–3.0 mm; penis guide as long as parameres and much wider than parameres (Fig. 7).......................................................................................... H. polita Weise - Head black with yellow or yellowish brown part anteriorly and sometimes also laterally; pronotum black with yellowish area laterally; preapical spot on elytron confluent with lateral stripe; penis guide much longer and hardly wider than parameres..................................................................................................... 12 12. Head black except for yellowish brown anterior and lateral margins; elytron with discal spot separate from anterior spot/stripe (Fig. 18); body length 2.0–3.0 mm; basal part of penis guide twice as wide as distal part (Fig. 5)...................................................................................................... H. marmottani (Fairmaire) - Head black, yellow anteriorly; elytron with discal spot connected to anterior spot/stripe (Fig. 26); body length 1.8–3.2 mm... ........................................................................... H. vinciguerrae Capra (female) 13. Elytra brown, with basal, discal, lateral and apical creamy brown spots which are variously confluent and irregularly scattered; pronotum brown with creamy brown apical and lateral margins, with an anchor-like spot basomedially which is connected to the anterior margin (Fig. 25); body length 2.5 mm.............................. H. transversoguttata Weise (female) - Elytra whitish, with black stripe along suture and each elytron with black, elongate discal, comma-like stripe; pronotum orange, darker mediobasally (Fig. 27); body length 1.2–2.7 mm; penis guide slender, rounded apically, with small median tooth (Figs. 12, 13)............................................................. H. vinciguerrae Capra (male)

Mycterothrips zagrosi sp. n. (Figs 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14) Female macroptera. Body pale brown; major body setae yellowish brown, those on head pale; antennal segment I yellow, II brown, III yellow, slightly shaded at apex, IV pale brown with base yellow, V���VIII shaded (Fig. 2); legs mainly pale, fore legs a little paler than mid- and hind legs; fore wings and scales uniformly yellowish brown; head with round brown marking between ocelli; mesonotum shaded at anterior margin and mediolaterally; metanotum shaded; abdominal tergites II���VIII with dark ridge along median area between antecostal and medial line, tergites IX���X pale brown. Head wider than long, with three pairs of ocellar setae, pair III situated between posterior ocelli, five pairs of postocular setae present, I longer than others, II is smallest (Fig. 4). Pronotum wider than long, with two pairs of long posteroangular setae and one pair of posteromarginal setae (Fig. 8), with 12���15 discal setae; mesonotum with or without one pair of campaniform sensilla anteromedially (campaniform sensilla are present in holotype), median pair of setae far from posterior margin (Fig. 5); metascutum weakly and irregularly reticulate medially, median pair of setae situated near anterior margin; meso- and metasternum with developed spinula. First vein of fore wings with a median long gap in setal row, with 8���9 basal and 2 distal setae, second vein with 7���10 setae, posterior fringe cilia wavy (Fig. 9); scale with 5 veinal and 1 discal setae. Lateral thirds of abdominal tergites and pleurotergites with ciliate microtrichia on lines of sculpture (Fig. 14); tergite II with 3 lateral marginal setae; tergites VI to VIII with S4 setae developed; tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb of fine and long microtrichia, the comb is distinctly wider at base (Fig. 12); tergite IX without campaniform sensilla (Fig. 12); tergite X without a median split; sternites without discal setae and pore plate; median pair of setae of VII situated at posterior margin. Ovipositor well developed. Measurements (holotype female in microns): Body length 1330. Head length (width) 112 (173), ocellar setae III length 30, postocular setae I length 13. Pronotum length (width) 115 (210), posteroangular setae I length 45, setae II length 38. Fore wings length 840. Tergite IX S1 setae length 66, S2 setae length 51, S3 setae length 78. Antennal segments III to VIII length: 46, 42, 40, 50, 14, 18. Male not known. Material studied. Holotype female, IRAN, Fars province, Shiraz, on Amygdalus scoparia, 2.v.2016 (KM 1447). Paratypes: from same locality, date and host as holotype, 1 female; same locality and plant, 5 females, 22.iv.2016 (KM 1429); same locality and plant, 1 female, 5.v.2016 (KM 1453). Non type materials: Sarvestan, 100 km west of Shiraz, same plant, 1 female, 29.iv.2016 (KM 1430). Comments. Mycterothrips z agrosi is unusual in the genus in having just one pair of setae on the posterior margin of the pronotum. However, as pointed out by Alavi et al. (2013), this character should be used with caution due to variation in one species (see also Minaei et al. 2012). Furthermore, the structure of the posteromarginal comb on tergite VIII is unique amongst Mycterothrips species, in that the microtrichia share their bases in M. zagrosi whereas in other members of the genus the comb microtrichia are fully separate from each other. Judging from Masumoto and Okajima (2006) and Alavi et al. (2013) the new species is close to the Japanese species, M. glycines as well as another Iranian species, M. sanubari, in the following character states: abdominal sternites without discal setae, abdominal tergites and laterotergites with ciliate microtrichia along lines of sculpture laterally, and antennal segment VI longer than IV. However, the new species is different from both species in having antennal segment II almost pale (vs. brown in both glycines and sanubaria), abdominal tergite II with three lateral marginal setae (instead of four in both glycines and sanubaria), tergite IX without campaniform sensilla (rarely a single one present) (vs. two pairs in both glycines and sanubaria), tergites VII���VIII with S4 welldeveloped (vs. minute in both glycines and sanubaria). M. zagrosi is also distinguished from glycines by the following characters: antennal segment VI the longest (vs. III the longest in M. glycines), pronotum with less than 20 discal setae (vs. about 40 discal setae in M. glycines), mesonotum with campaniform sensilla anteromedially (vs. absent in M. glycines) and median pair of setae on sternite VII situated at the posterior margin in contrast to in front of posterior margin in M. glycines. Etymology. The new species described here is collected in the Zagros Mountains around Shiraz., Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz, Alichi, Mahmood, Fekrat, Lida, Aleosfoor, Maryam & Alavi, Jalil, 2017, Leaf-feeding Mycterothrips: two new species from southern Iran (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 195-200 in Zootaxa 4243 (1) on pages 198-199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/398788, {"references":["Alavi, J., Modarres Awal, M., Fekrat, L. & Minaei, K. (2013) The genus Mycterothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran, with three new species. Zootaxa, 3718 (4), 345 - 356.","Minaei, K., Haftbaradaran, F. & Mound, L. A. (2012) A new Ankothrips species Thysanoptera: Melanthripidae) from Iran with unusually short setae. Zootaxa, 3552, 37 - 42.","Masumoto, M. & Okajima, S. (2006) A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa, 1261, 1 - 90."]}

Hyperaspis transversoguttata Weise, 1878 (Fig. 25) Hyperaspis transversoguttata Weise 1878: 94. Oxynychus alexandrae Weise 1890: 488. Material examined. 1♀: Iran, coll. Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, det. Canepari and F��rsch. Distribution in Iran. Ramine region, Khuzestan (Duverger 1983). General distribution. Iran (Duverger 1983), Iraq (Ali et al. 1990), Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Kov��ř 2007), Turkey (Kaydan et al. 2012). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Tamarix sp. (Duverger 1983). Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum of the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Weise, J. (1878) [new taxa]. In: Schneider, O. & Leder, H. (Eds.), Beitrage zur Kenntniss der kaukasichen Kaferfauna. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brunn, 16, 1 - 359, 3 pls. [1977]","Weise, J. (1890) Insecta, a CL. G. N. Potanin in China et in Mongolia novissime lecta. XVI Chrysomelidae et Coccinellidae. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 24 [1889 - 1890], 477 - 492.","Ali, H. A., Abdul-Rassoul, M. S. & Swail, M. A. (1990) Systematic list of Coccinellidae recorded for Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 8 (3), 45 - 51.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Kaydan, M. B., Atlihan, R., Uygun, N. & Senal, D. (2012) Coccinellid (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species feeding on coccoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Van Lake Basin, Turkey. Turkiye Biyolojik Mucadele Dergisi, 2012, 3 (1), 37 - 46."]}

Mycterothrips doostii ( Figs 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13) Female macroptera. Body uniformly yellow; antennal segments IV���VIII pale brown, IV paler in basal twothird, V paler in basal third (Fig. 1); all legs and fore wings yellow; ovipositor shaded, prominent body setae shaded. Head wider than long, with three pairs of ocellar setae, pair III situated between posterior ocelli, five pairs of postocular setae present, all postocular setae almost subequal in length (Fig. 3). Pronotum wider than long, with two pairs of long posteroangular setae and two pairs of posteromarginal setae (Fig. 7), with 12���16 discal setae; mesonotum with one pair of campaniform sensilla anteromedially, median pair of setae anterior to level of sub median setae (Fig. 6); metascutum weakly reticulate medially, median pair of setae situated near anterior margin; meso- and metasternum with spinula developed. First vein of fore wings with a median long gap in setal row, with 7���9 basal and 2 distal setae, second vein with 9���11 setae; posterior fringe cilia wavy; scale with 4���5 veinal and 1 discal setae. Abdominal tergites smooth medially, but with weak ciliate microtrichia on sculptural lines on lateral thirds; tergite II with three lateral marginal setae; S4 setae on tergites VI���VIII not developed; tergite VIII with complete posteromarginal comb of microtrichia, tergite IX with both anterior and posterior pairs of campaniform sensilla (Fig. 11); tergite X without a median split; sternites without discal setae and pore plate; median pair of setae on sternite VII situated far from posterior margin. Ovipositor well developed. Measurements (Holotype female, in microns). Body length 1350. Head length (width) 92 (150), ocellar setae III length 32, postocular setae I length 12. Pronotum length (width) 126 (172), posteroangular setae I length 47, setae II length 52. Fore wings length 780. Tergite IX S1 setae length 72. Antennal segments III to VIII length: 40, 38, 30, 44, 9, 16. Male macroptera. Body smaller and paler than female. Antennal segment VI almost as long as segment VI of female. Postocular setae I���V almost equal in length in the only available specimen (Fig. 10). Abdominal tergite IX apparently without a pair of small setae near posterior margin but with one pair of campaniform sensilla (Fig. 13); sternites without discal setae and pore plates. Hypomere slightly expanded at apex (Fig. 14). Measurements (one male, in microns). Body length 1013. Head length (width) 107 (144), ocellar setae III length 38, postocular setae I 12. Pronotum length (width) 118 (168), posteroangular setae I length 41, setae II length 46. Fore wings length 615. Antennal segments III to VIII length: 45, 41, 32, 47, 7, 15. Material studied. Holotype female: IRAN, Fars province, Sepidan, 8 females, on Juglans regia, 29.viii.2011 (KM 524). Paratypes: 7 females, same data as holotype; same locality and plant, 6 females, 1 male, 28.v.2016 (KM 1482). Comments. This uniformly yellow species runs in the key by Masumoto and Okajima (2006) up to couplet 19 but does not fit in with either section (M. aureus and M. albus). It can be distinguished from M. aureus by the following features: abdominal tergites with weak ciliate microtrichia on the sculpture lines on lateral thirds in doostii (vs. abdominal tergites apparently without microtrichia in aureus); S4 setae on tergite VI is small in doostii but well- developed in aureus. Antennal segment II of doostii is pale, whereas aureus bears a shaded or pale brown segment II. The new species also differs with M. albus as follows: in female, abdominal tergites with microtrichia along sculpture lines (vs. abdominal tergites without microtrichia in M. albus); tergum IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla (vs. one pair in M. albus). In male, antennal segment VI almost as long as segment VI of female (vs. antennal segment VI distinctly longer that of female in M. albus). In the key to species by Alavi et al. (2013) this species runs to couplet 7 (M. weii). However, it can be recognized from weii by the different color of body (including antennae) and position of the median pair of mesonotal setae. In weii these setae arise far from the posterior margin, while in M. doostii they are located near the posterior margin. Moreover, in contrast to M. doostii, microtrichia are apparently absent on abdominal tergites in M. weii. Etymology. The species is named in the memory of late Mehran Doosti who was a dominant radio broadcaster in Iran and died on 23 May 2015 at 59. FIGURES 11���14. Tergites VIII���X 11��� 13: (11) doostii; (12) zagrosi (13) doostii (male). (14) Tergites V���VII, zagrosi., Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz, Alichi, Mahmood, Fekrat, Lida, Aleosfoor, Maryam & Alavi, Jalil, 2017, Leaf-feeding Mycterothrips: two new species from southern Iran (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 195-200 in Zootaxa 4243 (1) on pages 196-198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/398788, {"references":["Masumoto, M. & Okajima, S. (2006) A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa, 1261, 1 - 90.","Alavi, J., Modarres Awal, M., Fekrat, L. & Minaei, K. (2013) The genus Mycterothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iran, with three new species. Zootaxa, 3718 (4), 345 - 356."]}

Hyperaspis histeroides (Faldermann, 1837) (Figs. 4, 17) Scymnus histeroides Faldermann 1837: 408. Hyperaspis vicaria Zaslavskij 1964: 153. Material examined. 2♂: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30��02��23.9����N; 54��18��30.4����E), Amygdalus scoparia L, Atraphaxis sp, VI.2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari. Distribution in Iran. Iran (Kov��ř 2007), Yazd (current study). General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan (Kov��ř 2007), Turkey (Kaydan et al. 2012). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Amygdalus scoparia L. and Atraphaxis sp. (current study). Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 317, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Faldermann, F. (1837) Fauna entomologica Trans - Caucasica. Coleoptera. Pars II. Nouveaux Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 5, 1 - 433.","Zaslavskij, V. A. (1964) Novye i maloizvestnye Hyperaspis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) iz Kazakhstana i Srednej Azii. Trudy Zoologichekogo Instituta (Leningrad), 34, 152 - 154.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Kaydan, M. B., Atlihan, R., Uygun, N. & Senal, D. (2012) Coccinellid (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species feeding on coccoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Van Lake Basin, Turkey. Turkiye Biyolojik Mucadele Dergisi, 2012, 3 (1), 37 - 46."]}

Hyperaspis persica Duverger, 1983 (Figs. 6, 19, 20) Hyperaspis persica Duverger 1983: 79. Material examined. 4 specimens: Iran, coll. Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, det. F��rsch. Distribution in Iran. Kerman (Duverger 1983), South Khorasan (Moodi & Mossadegh 1995). General distribution. This species has been reported only from Iran (Kov��ř 2007). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Tamarix sp. (Moddarres-Awal 2012). Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum of the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Moodi, S. & Mossadegh, M. S. (1995) The coccinellids (Coleoptera) of southeast Khorasan province, Iran. In: Abai, M. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress (Karaj), 1995, pp. 326.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Moddarres-Awal, M. (2012) List of Agricultural Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Iran. Fourth print, Third edition. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, 759 pp."]}

Genus Hyperaspis Chevrolat, 1836 Syn: Hyperaspis Redtenbacher, 1843; Hyperaspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1833 Diagnosis. The genus Hyperaspis can be differentiated from other genera within the tribe Hyperaspidini by the following combination of characters: body oval or rounded, convex, dorsum glabrous; head usually yellow in male, at least partially brown or black in female; elytron black or with pale maculation on dark background or dark maculation on pale background; antenna with 10 or 11 antennomeres, scape longer than wide, antennal insertion exposed; terminal maxillary palpomere slightly emarginate apically; mandibular basal tooth strongly curved, apex rounded; clypeus usually long, abruptly or obliquely, smoothly joined to frons laterally, distinctly emarginate apically, often concealing all or most of labrum; labrum short, narrow, weakly sclerotized, yellow or yellowish brown; scutellar shield large, wider than long; elytral epipleuron narrow, usually medially grooved, excavated for reception of middle and hind femoral apices; prosternal process usually slightly convex, with two carinae of varying lengths; posterior margin of metaventrite abruptly descending between coxa and lateral margin; metendosternite with anterior tendons of fork shape, curved toward middle or not; protibia usually slender, rarely slightly flanged; tarsal claw with or without basal tooth; postcoxal line on first abdominal ventrite incomplete, of Scymnus s.str. type; in male apical abdominal ventrite weakly modified; apex of female abdominal ventrite 6 rounded; female genitalia with coxites basically transverse (Gordon & Canepari 2008)., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Chevrolat, L. A. A. (1836) [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P. F. M. A. (Ed.), Catalogue des Coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Meguignon-Marvis, Paris, pp. 1 - 443.","Redtenbacher, L. (1843) Tentamen dispositionis generum et specierum Coleopterorum Pseudotrimerorum Archiductus Austriae. Carolus Ueberreuter, Vindobona, 32 pp.","Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1833) Catalogue de la Collection des Colepteres de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxieme Edition. Livraison 1 - 2. Meguignon-Marvis Pere et Fils, Paris, 176 pp. [Livraison 1: pp. 1 - 96, Livraison 2: pp. 97 - 176]","Gordon, R. D. & Canepari, C. (2008) South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XI: a systematic revision of Hyperaspidini (Hyperaspidinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale \" G. Doria \", 99, 245 - 512."]}

Hyperaspis vinciguerrae Capra, 1929 (Figs. 12, 13, 26, 27) Hyperaspis vinciguerrae Capra 1929: 241. Material examined. 1♀: Iran, Yazd province, Mehriz (31��34'36.1"N, 54��25'16.0"E), Medicago sp., VIII.2015, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari and F��rsch. Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan (Sadat Alizadeh et al. 2013), Yazd (current study). General distribution. Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Kov��ř 2007), United Arab Emirates (Raimundo et al. 2008). Host plants species in Iran. This species has been collected from Medicago sp. (current study). Comments. Capra (1929) described Hyperaspis vinciguerrae from North Africa. This description was published in July, four months earlier than a very similar species H. maindroni described from India by Sicard (1929). According to C. Canepari these names are probably synonyms (Canepari, unpublished). Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Capra (1929) and Raimundo et al. (2008) with some modifications for male genitalia. Figures 12 and 13 both show the same genitalia which were drawn from different angles., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Capra, F. (1929) Sulle forme affini all' Hyperaspis polita WSE. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 66 (7), 101 - 108.","Sadat Alizadeh, M., Mossadegh, M. S. & Esfandiari, M. (2013) Natural enemies of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and their population fluctuations in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran. Journal of Crop Protection, 2 (1), 13 - 21.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Raimundo, A. C., Fursch, H. & van Harten, A. (2008) Order Coleoptera, family Coccinellidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 1, 217 - 239.","Sicard, A. (1929) Descriptions de quelque especes nouvelles de Coccinellides de la faune Indo-malaise. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Serie 10, 3, 179 - 184."]}

Hyperaspis quadrimaculata Redtenbacher, 1843 (Figs. 8, 22) Hyperaspis quadrimaculata Redtenbacher 1843: 16. Material examined. 1♂, 1♀: Iran, Lorestan province, Rig Sephid (33��29��56.7����N; 48��27��46.1����E), Medicago sp., VI.2014, lgt. Amir Ansari pour, det. Canepari and F��rsch. Distribution in Iran. Isfahan (Daran region), Lorestan, Vannae region, Sagdar region (Duverger 1983), Fars (Yazdani 1990). General distribution. Iran (Duverger 1983), Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Lebanon, Romania, Syria, Turkey (Kov��ř 2007). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Medicago sp. (Yazdani 1990). Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on pages 318-319, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Redtenbacher, L. (1843) Tentamen dispositionis generum et specierum Coleopterorum Pseudotrimerorum Archiductus Austriae. Carolus Ueberreuter, Vindobona, 32 pp.","Tavakoli, M., Ansari pour, A., Pirhadi, A. & Pirozi, F. (2014) Study of fauna ladybirds (Col., Coccinellidae) on pastures Astragalus adscendes (Fabaceae) in Lorestan province. Journal of Entomological Research, 6, 287 - 297.","Yazdani, A. (1990) The Coccinellids (Col.; Coccinellidae) Fauna of Fars Province. Unpublished Thesis, M. Sc, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 145 pp.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630."]}

Hyperaspis reppensis (Herbst, 1783) (Figs. 9, 10, 23) Coccinella reppensis Herbst 1783: 48. Chrysomela bipustulata Thunberg 1784: 13. Dermestes xanthocephalus Quensel 1790: 10. Dermestes marginellus Quensel 1790: 9. Coccinella reppensis Thunberg 1795: 111. [Homonym] Hyperaspis subconcolor Weise 1879: 136. Hyperaspis occidentalis F��rsch 1967: 261. [Homonym] Hyperaspis galliae Duverger 1989: 144. [Replacement name] Material examined. 2♂, 1♀: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30��02��23.9����N; 54��18��30.4����E), Atraphaxis sp., Prunus sp., Pistacia sp., VI.2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari; 2♂: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30��02��23.9����N; 54��18��30.4����E), Amygdalus sp., IX.2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari. Distribution in Iran. Yazd (Zare Khormizi et al. 2014), Lorestan (Tavakoli et al. 2014). General distribution. Iraq (Ali et al. 1990), Israel (Halperin et al. 1995), Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine (Kov��ř 2007), Morocco (Smaili et al. 2010). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Astragalus sp. (Tavakoli et al. 2014), and recently from Medicago sp., Atraphaxis sp., Amygdalus sp., Punica sp., Prunus sp. and Pistacia sp. Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Herbst, J. F. W. (1783) Kritisches Verzeichniss meiner Insektensammlung. Archiv der Insectengeschichte, 4, 1 - 72.","Thunberg, C. P. (1784) Novae insectorum species. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum Upsaliensis, 4, 1 - 28, 1 pl.","Quensel, C. (1790) Dissertatio historico-naturalis ignotas insectorum species continens, cujus partem primam, consent. ampliss. facult. philosoph. Public examine modeste subjiciunt praeses Conrad. Quensel, philosophiae magister, et respondens C. P. Lundgard. Typis Berlingianis, Lundae, 20 pp.","Thunberg, C. P (1795) Dissertatio entomologica, sistens Insecta Suecica. IX. Exam. Steno Edvardus Westman, Upsaliae, pp. 105 - 113.","Weise, J. (1879) Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europaischen Coleopteren II. Coccinellidae. Zeitschrift fur Entomologie, New Series, 7, 88 - 156.","Fursch, H. (1967) Coccinellidae. In: Freude, H., Harde, K. & Lohse, G. A. (Eds.), Die Kafer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 Clavicornia. Krefeld, Goecke & Evers, pp. 227 - 228.","Duverger, C. (1989) Contribution a l'etude des Hyperaspinae. 1 ere Note (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, 17 (3), 143 - 157.","Zare Khormizi, M., Ostovan, H., Fallahzadeh, M. & Mossadegh, M. (2014) Report of three ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. In: Panah, R. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 21 th Iranian Plant Protection congress (Urmia), 2014, pp. 490.","Tavakoli, M., Ansari pour, A., Pirhadi, A. & Pirozi, F. (2014) Study of fauna ladybirds (Col., Coccinellidae) on pastures Astragalus adscendes (Fabaceae) in Lorestan province. Journal of Entomological Research, 6, 287 - 297.","Ali, H. A., Abdul-Rassoul, M. S. & Swail, M. A. (1990) Systematic list of Coccinellidae recorded for Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 8 (3), 45 - 51.","Halperin, J., Merkl, O. & Kehat, M. (1995) An annotated list of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of Israel and adjacent areas. Phytoparasitica, 23, 127 - 137.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Smaili, M. C., Blenzar, A. & Fursch, H. (2010) First record of new species and phenotypes of ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in citrus orchards in Morocco. Entomologie faunistique - Faunistic Entomology, 62 (3), 103 - 107."]}

Hyperaspis polita Weise, 1885 (Figs. 7, 21) Hyperaspis polita Weise 1885: 60. Hyperaspis decemguttata Fleischer 1900: 119. Distribution in Iran. Deeh-Bala region, Ramine region (Duverger 1983), Fras (Yazdani 1990), Golestan (Montazeri & Mossadegh 1995), Kermanshah (Jalilvand et al. 2014), Kerman, Khuzestan, Mazandaran, Zanjan (Moddarres-Awal 2012). General distribution. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen (Duverger 1983), Iraq (Ali et al. 1990), Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey (Kov��ř 2007). Host plants and prey species in Iran. This species has been collected from Ficus sp., Citrus sp., Morus sp. as a predator of Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green and Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Yazdani 1990; Moddarres-Awal 2012). Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Capra (1929), Mader (1955) and Iablokoff- Khnzorian (1971) with some modifications., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Weise, J. (1885) Coccinellidae. II. Auflage. Mit Berucksichtigung der Artenaus dem nordlichen Asien. In: Reitter, E. (Ed.), Bestimmungs - Tabellen der europaischen Coleopteren. II. Heft. Busing, Modling, 83 pp.","Fleischer, A. (1900) Neue Coccinelliden aus der Sammlung des Kais. Rathes Herrn Edmund Reitter. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 19, 116 - 120.","Yazdani, A. (1990) The Coccinellids (Col.; Coccinellidae) Fauna of Fars Province. Unpublished Thesis, M. Sc, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 145 pp.","Montazeri, M. M. & Mossadegh, M. S. (1995) The coccinellids (Coleoptera) fauna of Gorgan plain and Gonbad Kavus. In: Abai, M. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress (Karaj), 1995, pp. 325.","Jalilvand, K., Shirazi, M., Fallahzadeh, M., Vahedi, M. H. A., Samih, M. A. & Moeini Naghadeh, N. (2014) Survey of natural enemies of mealybug species (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) in Kermanshah Province, western Iran to inform biological control research. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 16 (3), 1 - 10.","Moddarres-Awal, M. (2012) List of Agricultural Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Iran. Fourth print, Third edition. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, 759 pp.","Ali, H. A., Abdul-Rassoul, M. S. & Swail, M. A. (1990) Systematic list of Coccinellidae recorded for Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 8 (3), 45 - 51.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Capra, F. (1929) Sulle forme affini all' Hyperaspis polita WSE. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 66 (7), 101 - 108.","Mader, L. (1955) Evidenz der palaarktisehen Coccinelliden und ihrer Aberrationen in Wort and Bild. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei Munchen, 6, 765 - 1035.","Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. (1971) Synopsis des Hyperaspis Paleartiques (Coleoptera Coccinellidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 7, 163 - 200."]}

Hyperaspis syriaca Weise, 1885 (Figs. 11, 24) Hyperaspis syriaca Weise 1885: 57. Material examined. 1♂: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30��02'23.9"N, 54��18'30.4"E), Atraphaxis sp., VI.2014, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari and F��rsch. Distribution in Iran. Vannae region (Duverger 1983), Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997), Yazd (current study). General distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Kov��ř 2007). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Amygdalus sp., Zea sp., Astragalus sp. (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997) and recently from Atraphaxis sp. Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Weise, J. (1885) Coccinellidae. II. Auflage. Mit Berucksichtigung der Artenaus dem nordlichen Asien. In: Reitter, E. (Ed.), Bestimmungs - Tabellen der europaischen Coleopteren. II. Heft. Busing, Modling, 83 pp.","Tavakoli, M., Ansari pour, A., Pirhadi, A. & Pirozi, F. (2014) Study of fauna ladybirds (Col., Coccinellidae) on pastures Astragalus adscendes (Fabaceae) in Lorestan province. Journal of Entomological Research, 6, 287 - 297.","Bagheri, M. R. & Mossadegh, M. S. (1997) Fauna of coccinellid beetles (Col.: Coccinellidae) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Second part of subfamilies: Scymninae and Sticholotidinae. Journal of Agricultural Sciences Islamic Azad University, 3 (9, 10), 97 - 108.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630."]}

Hyperaspis duvergeri F��rsch, 1985 (Figs. 2, 15) Hyperaspis duvergeri F��rsch 1985: 233. Distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997). General distribution. Algeria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain (Kov��ř 2007), Iran (Moddarres-Awal 2012). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Echinops sp. and Astragalus sp. (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997). Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Bagheri & Mossadegh (1997) and Canepari et al. (1985) with some modifications., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Bagheri, M. R. & Mossadegh, M. S. (1997) Fauna of coccinellid beetles (Col.: Coccinellidae) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Second part of subfamilies: Scymninae and Sticholotidinae. Journal of Agricultural Sciences Islamic Azad University, 3 (9, 10), 97 - 108.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Moddarres-Awal, M. (2012) List of Agricultural Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Iran. Fourth print, Third edition. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, 759 pp.","Canepari, C., Fursch, H. & Kreissl, E. (1985) Die Hyperaspis - Arten von Mittel, West- und Sudeuropa. Systematik und verbreitung (Coleoptera Coccinellidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 9 (2), 223 - 252."]}

Hyperaspis femorata (Motschulsky, 1837) (Figs. 3, 16) Coccinella femorata Motschulsky 1837: 421. Hyperaspis inaudax Mulsant 1853: 231. Hyperaspis collaris Fleischer 1900: 119. Material examined. 1♂: Iran, Lorestan province, Chenar (33��42'40.8"N, 48��09'11.8"E), Amygdalus sp., VII.2015, lgt. Elham Shakarami, det. Biranvand. 3♂, 1♀: Iran, Semnan province, Clouds forest (36��44��24.7����N; 55��02��17.9����E), Quercus sp., V.2015, lgt. Mino Toozandejani, det. Biranvand. Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Borumand 2000), Lorestan, Semnan (current study). General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine (Kov��ř 2007), Iran (Moddarres-Awal 2012). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Medicago sp. (Borumand 2000), and recently from Amygdalus sp. and Quercus sp. (current study). Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on pages 315-316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Motschulsky, T. V. (1837) Description de quelques Coleopteres, recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et dans les provinces Transcaucasiennes Russes en 1834 et 1835. Fungicoles. Nouveaux Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 5, 413 - 425.","Mulsant, E. (1853) Supplement a la Monographie des Coleopteres Trimeres Securipalpes. Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, Nouvelle Serie, 1, 129 - 333. [1852 - 1853]","Fleischer, A. (1900) Neue Coccinelliden aus der Sammlung des Kais. Rathes Herrn Edmund Reitter. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 19, 116 - 120.","Borumand, H. (2000) Insects of Iran: The List of Coleoptera in the Insect Collection of Plant Pests and Disesases Research Institute, Coleoptera (XXIV): Cucujoidea: Fam. (120): Coccinellidae. Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, Teheran, Iran, 44 pp.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630.","Moddarres-Awal, M. (2012) List of Agricultural Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Iran. Fourth print, Third edition. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, 759 pp."]}

Hyperaspis concolor Suffrian, 1843 (Figs. 1, 14) Hyperaspis concolor Suffrian 1843: 93. Distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997). General distribution. Germany (Klausnitzer 1985), Iran (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (Canepari 2004). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Echinops sp., Astragalus sp. and Quercus sp. (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997). Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Bagheri & Mossadegh (1997) and Canepari et al. (1985) with some modifications., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Suffrian, C. W. L. E. (1843) Entomologische Bemerkungen. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin), 4, 91 - 95.","Bagheri, M. R. & Mossadegh, M. S. (1997) Fauna of coccinellid beetles (Col.: Coccinellidae) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Second part of subfamilies: Scymninae and Sticholotidinae. Journal of Agricultural Sciences Islamic Azad University, 3 (9, 10), 97 - 108.","Klausnitzer, B. (1985) Zur Kenntnis der Hyperaspis - Arten der DDR. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 29 (6), 271 - 274.","Canepari, C. (2004) Fauna Europaea: Coccinellidae. In: Audisio, P. (Ed.), Fauna Europaea: Coleoptera 2, Beetles. Fauna Europaea version 1.1. Available from: http: // www. faunaeur. org (accessed 29 August 2013) [as version 2.6.2]","Canepari, C., Fursch, H. & Kreissl, E. (1985) Die Hyperaspis - Arten von Mittel, West- und Sudeuropa. Systematik und verbreitung (Coleoptera Coccinellidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 9 (2), 223 - 252."]}

Hyperaspis marmottani (Fairmaire, 1868) (Figs. 5, 18) Coccinella marmottani Fairmaire, 1868: 501. Hyperaspis albidiceps Walker 1871: 19. Hyperaspis camillae Bedel 1885: 90. Material examined. 1♂: Iran, coll. Museum of Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, det. Canepari and F��rsch. Distribution in Iran. Fars (Yazdani 1990), Khorasan (Yaghmaei & Kharazi Pakdel 1995) General distribution. Nigeria (Umeh 1982), Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Tunisia (Kov��ř 2007). Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran., Published as part of Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedv��d, Old��ich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & F��rsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, pp. 311-326 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on page 318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/321775, {"references":["Fairmaire, L. (1868) Essai sur les Coleopteres de Barbarie, Cinquieme partie. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 4, 8, 471 - 502.","Walker, F. (1871) List of Coleoptera Collected by J. K. Lord, Esq. in Egypt, Arabia and Near the African Shore of the Red Sea. With Characters of the Undescribed Species. E. W. Janson, London, 19 pp.","Bedel, L. (1885) Recherches sur les coleopteres du nord de l'Afrique. Recherche synonymiques (1). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 6, 5, 85 - 90.","Yazdani, A. (1990) The Coccinellids (Col.; Coccinellidae) Fauna of Fars Province. Unpublished Thesis, M. Sc, Shiraz University, Shiraz, 145 pp.","Umeh, E. D. N. N. (1982) Biological studies on Hyperaspis marmottani Fairm. (Col., Coccinellidae), a predator of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti Mat-Ferr. (Hom., Pseudococcidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, Berlin, 94 (1 - 5), 530 - 532.","Kovar, I. (2007) Coccinellidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stentrup, pp. 71 - 74, 568 - 630."]}

Oelschlaegera Bhatti Oelschlaegera Bhatti 1990: 198. Bhatti (1990) designated Chirothrips madagassus zur Strassen (1961) as the type species of Oelschlaegera, and distinguished the genus from Chirothrips and all related genera by ���presence of a broad, continuous posteromarginal flange on abdominal terga as well as sterna, and by the chaetotaxy of abdominal sterna, each with only 2 pairs of setae along the posterior margin���. The concept of Oelschlaegera was revised by Nakahara & Foottit (2012), who also transferred to Oelschlaegera from Chirothrips two other species C. priesneri and C. ruthae. They indicated that the above three species are unusual within the group in having stout conical setae on the head and mesonotum, but unfortunately no illustrations were provided. The type species, madagassus, was described from Madagascar, and ruthae from Democratic Republic of Congo. In contrast, priesneri was described from Sao Paulo in Brazil, although Mound & Marullo (1996) suggested that, like so many Chirothrips group species, priesneri may have been dispersed artificially, and have come originally from Africa., Published as part of Fekrat, Lida, Hosseininejad, Marziyeh, Derakhshan, Ali & Minaei, Kambiz, 2016, Grass-thrips of the genus Oelschlaegera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with the first description of a male, pp. 296-299 in Zootaxa 4105 (3) on page 297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/262683, {"references":["Bhatti, J. S. (1990) On some genera related to Chirothrips (Insecta: Terebrantia: Thripidae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology), 2, 193 - 200.","Nakahara, S. & Foottit, R. G. (2012) Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species. Zootaxa, 3251, 1 - 29."]}

Oelschlaegera ferdowsii sp.n. Female macroptera. Body colour brown, thorax yellowish brown, lighter than head, abdomen paler than thorax, tarsi yellow also fore tibiae distally; antennal segment III yellowish brown; fore wings weakly shaded; major body setae as well as fore wing setae pale (Fig. 1). Antennal segment I neither with dorsal transverse ridge nor with median dorsal apical setae. Antennal segment II produced laterally (Fig. 2), lateral process with a rather pronounced apex, anterior margin straight. Sense cones on segments III���IV simple and slender (Fig. 2). Segments VII and VIII almost sub equal in length. Head distinctly produced in front of eyes (Figs 3, 4); eyes with 5 pigmented facets. Lateral margin of vertex long, about as long as compound eye; vertex with 15���25 pairs of short conical setae. Three pairs of ocellar setae and four pairs of postocular setae present; postocular setae not stout. Ocellar setae posterolateral to fore ocellus. Mouthcone shorter than head, broadly rounded apically, maxillary palps 3 -segmented. Pronotum trapezoidal (Fig. 4), with two pairs of short posteroangular setae, sculptured with transverse lines, with at least 15 pairs of conical setae which are shorter than those on the head; Prosternum with basantra membranous, setae absent; ferna divided, indistinct. Mesonotum sculptured with transverse lines, lines with 5���10 pairs of short conical setae; anteromedian campaniform sensilla farther apart than submedian setae; submedian setae far anterior of posterior margin. Mesosternum with 15���20 pairs of short conical setae (Fig. 5). Mesosternal furcal invaginations approximated. Meso and metasternal furca without spinula (Fig. 5) Metanotum weakly sculptured with transverse lines; submedian setae slightly shorter than lateral setae, campaniform sensilla present. Fore legs enlarged, fore tibia prolonged around the external margin of the fore tarsus (Fig. 4). Tarsi 2 -segmented. Fore wings rather straight, anterior fringe cilia wavy; scale with 4 or 5 marginal and 1 discal setae. Abdominal tergites I���VIII without conical setae, with posteromarginal craspedum (Fig. 6), VIII without comb (Fig. 7); median campaniform sensilla on II���VIII far anterior of median setae; campaniform sensilla anterior to median setae; tergite IX slightly shorter than X; segment X conical, with longitudinal split. Ovipositor relatively short, with teeth. Sternites with sculpture transverse, reticulated, without discal setae and pore plates. Posterior margin with small rounded craspedate lobes (Fig. 8), sternite II with two pairs of posteromarginal setae, III���VII with three pairs. Measurements (in microns) Body length 1867. Head, length 148; width across eyes 142. Pronotum, length 238; maximum width 278. Fore wing, length 873; median width 73. Tergite IX S 1 setae 93. Antennal segments I���VIII, 20, 30, 36, 33, 24, 33, 8, 11. Male aptera. Similar to female (Fig. 9); Antennal segment II not produced laterally, almost symmetrical (Fig. 10). Sternites III���VII each with an oval pore plate (Fig. 11). Measurements (in microns) Body length 1533. Head, length 110; width across eyes 93. Pronotum, length 178; maximum width 216. Antennal segments I���VIII, 20, 24, 28, 27, 20, 23, 10, 9. Material studied. Holotype female, Razavi Khorasan province, Haft Howz, from Phragmites sp. (Poaceae), 13.ix. 2015 (Marziyeh Hosseininejad) (in BMNH). Paratypes: 1 female taken with holotype; same locality and plant, 25.x. 2014, 2 males (Marziyeh Hosseininejad) (one male in BMNH, one female and one male in PPSU). Comments. This new species is included in Oelschlaegera due to the presence of many conical setae on the head, mesonotum and metanotum. However, O. ferdowsi does not fit completely with the available generic diagnoses (Bhatti 1990; Nakahara & Foottit 2012), because the abdominal tergites do not have conical setae. Moreover, the fore tibiae of this species are relatively prolonged around the external margin of the fore tarsus, as in some species of Arorathrips, and the mesosternal furcal invaginations are approximated as in Arorathrips species. However, the first antennal segment is not enlarged as in members of that genus. Arorathrips is a New World genus, and it seems probable that Oelschlaegera is from the Ethiopian zoogeographic region (Laurence Mound, in litt, 2016). Sex differences in the shape of the second antennal segment have also been reported previously in some Chirothrips species, as well as in Unilobotus cornuatus (see Nakahara & Foottit 2012). Etymology. The species is named in honor of Abu���l-Qāsem Ferdowsi. Ferdowsi (935���1025 CE) was a highly revered Persian poet and the author of the epic of Shahnameh (the Persian "Book of Kings"), which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Iran and the Persian-speaking world., Published as part of Fekrat, Lida, Hosseininejad, Marziyeh, Derakhshan, Ali & Minaei, Kambiz, 2016, Grass-thrips of the genus Oelschlaegera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with the first description of a male, pp. 296-299 in Zootaxa 4105 (3) on pages 297-299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/262683, {"references":["Bhatti, J. S. (1990) On some genera related to Chirothrips (Insecta: Terebrantia: Thripidae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology), 2, 193 - 200.","Nakahara, S. & Foottit, R. G. (2012) Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species. Zootaxa, 3251, 1 - 29."]}

Aeolothrips gundeliae sp. n. is described, and two bicolored species of the same genus, A. ericae Bagnall and A. albithorax Pelikan are newly reported from northeast of Iran. Diagnostic characters are provided for each species as well as illustrations to distinguish these species.

Aeolothrips bhattii sp.n. (Figs 1���13) Female macroptera. Body bicolored, generally yellow, head and abdominal segments IX and X brown, abdominal segment VIII somewhat shaded; all legs yellow with dark spot at tarsal apex (Fig. 1). Antennae extensively greyish yellow, segment I pale brown, lighter than head, II grey yellow, III yellow, slightly grey at apex, IV yellow with apical third grey, V���IX greyish yellow (Fig. 5). Fore wings pale with two brown transverse bands which are not connected (Fig. 3). Head wider than long, not produced in front of eyes, with weak transverse lines of sculpture, cheeks slightly convex, vertex with 3���4 pairs of pre-ocellar setae, 3 pairs of setae between ocellar triangle and eyes, and 1 pair of setae within ocellar triangle arising between posterior ocelli, postocular area with 8���9 pairs of setae in 2���3 irregular transverse rows, one pair just behind posterior ocelli (Fig. 2). Antennal segment III 3.7���3.9 times as long as broad, with linear sensorium extending to apical fourth of segment (or less); IV 3 ���3.3 times as long as broad, with sensorium somewhat curved distally and broadened at apex, extending from apex to basal half of segment; V thicker than any of the following segments, shorter than VI���IX together. Pronotum not sculptured, with about 30 minute hyaline setae, with 3���4 pairs of posteromarginal setae (Fig. 2). Mesonotum with 1 pair of median setae, with rather wide transverse reticulations (Fig. 4), with no markings between the transverse lines. Metanotum with weak transverse reticulation medially, without internal markings. Vestigial first cross vein situated in middle of first transverse band, second cross vein indistinguishable (Fig. 3), posterior marginal fringe of fore wings dark; clavus with 6���7 veinal setae. Abdominal tergite I with 2���3 faint transverse striae anteromedially, without median paired campaniform sensilla, median setae almost 0.3 times as long as the tergite; tergites II���VII and X with no transverse striations; IX with numerous faint transverse striations; tergites II���VII with median setae arising anteromedial to campaniform sensilla (Fig. 7); tergite IX setae S 1 somewhat shorter than tergite length (Fig. 6). Sternites II���VII without transverse striations, sternite II with 3 pairs of submarginal setae, median pair longest; III���VI with 4 pairs of setae, of which 2 median pairs are marginal and 2 lateral pairs situated far from margin; II���VI without discal setae; VII with 4 pairs of submarginal setae, S 1 as long as S 2 or somewhat shorter, S 1 arising closer to S 2 than to each other, with 2 pairs of widely separated median accessory setae, inner pair in front of outer (Fig. 8). Measurements (holotype female, in microns). Body distended length 1450, Head length (width across cheeks) 120 (157), interocellar setae length 9. Eye length, dorsal 62, ventral 95. Antenna length 340; segments I���IX length (width): 15 (30), 50 (25), 70 (18), 64 (20), 43 (22), 15 (16), 15 (15), 19 (12), 11 (7). Pronotum median length (width) 125 (165). Pterothorax ventral length (width) 280 (240). Mesonotum median setae length (interval) 15 (26), strong lateral setae length 20. Metanotum anterior marginal setae length (interval) 23 (35). Posterior setae length (interval) 10 (32). Fore wing length 750, width across first anterior cross vein 90, across second cross vein 95; transverse bands length along the anterior margin 87 and 112, intervening white area length 130; tibia length: 153, 145 and 225. Tergite IX median length 92, S 1 length 88, S 2 length 102. Ovipositor length 330. Male macroptera. Color and structure similar to female but smaller (Fig. 9). Antennal segments I���II yellow, III���IX greyish yellow, III white in basal fourth (or more), pedicel of segment IV somewhat darker (Fig 10). Major terminal setae on tergites IX���X brownish yellow. Fore wing with two brown transverse bands, not connected at posterior margin. Antennal segment III 3.3���3.7 times as long as broad, sensorium not reaching distal fourth of segment; IV 2.9���3.4 times as long as broad, sensorium occupying apical third (or less) of segment; V distinctly shorter than last four segments together, with a minute sensorium. Middle coxae with neither a series of strong ridges ventrally nor a hump (���stridulatory structure��� in Bhatti 2006) (Fig. 13). Abdominal tergites IV���VI without paired tubercles; IX without claspers, and without sickle-shaped setae laterally, with 3 pairs of lateral setae of which posterior pair longest; tergite IX with 2 submarginal and 1 sublateral pairs of setae, median pair lacking, campaniform sensilla situated far in front of medial setae; tergite X with two minute setae between marginal setae S 1 and S 2, trichobothria situated behind S 2 (Fig. 11). Sternites II���VIII without discal setae; IX with 6 pairs setae, four submarginally, two sublaterally, and one medially, arranged in two lateral longitudinal parallel rows (Fig. 12). Measurements (paratype male, in microns). Body distended length 1150. Head length (width across cheeks) 120 (142). Antenna length 280; segments I���IX length (width): 15 (27), 40 (23), 63 (18), 58 (18), 44 (20), 11 (14), 10 (12), 13 (10), 10 (5). Pronotum median length (width) 105 (149), Pterothorax median length (width) 250 (200). Mesonotum dorsal setae length (interval) 15 (31), strong lateral setae length 17. Metanotum anteromarginal setae length (interval) 17 (25); posterior setae length (interval) 7 (27). Fore wing length 610. Tibia length: 122, 127, and 190. Abdominal tergite I length 96, dorsal plate anteriorly width 37, posteriorly 49, tergite IX median length 122, median setae length (interval) 39 (27), length of longest lateral seta 51, segment X length 39, S 1 length 32, S 2 length 82. Material studied. Holotype female: IRAN, Khorasan-e-shomali province, Garmeh, Dasht village, from flowering Caroxylon dendroides (Amaranthaceae), 18.vi. 2014, J. Alavi. Paratypes (all from IRAN, Khorasan-e-shomali province, from flowering C. dendroides, collected by J. Alavi): 24 females, 4 males, same data as holotype; 17 females, 6 males, Bojnourd, Sar-cheshmeh village, 17.vii. 2014. Comments. Aeolothrips bhattii is similar to the South African species faurei, that is also generally yellow in body color with dark head and last three abdominal segments (Hood 1935). However, the new species is readily distinguished from faurei by the colour of the middle and hind legs (yellow versus blackish brown) and last six antennal segments (greyish yellow versus blackish brown). The male of A. faurei is unknown. Etymology. This new species is named in recognition of numerous valuable works of Prof. J.S. Bhatti, who has made laudable contributions to advance the study of Thysanoptera in the world., Published as part of Alavi, Jalil, Awal, Mehdi Modarres, Fekrat, Lida, Minaei, Kambiz & Manzari, Shahab, 2015, The Holarctic genus Aeolothrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) from Iran, with description of two new species, pp. 93-100 in Zootaxa 3972 (1) on pages 94-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/235338, {"references":["Bhatti, J. S. (2006) The classification of Terebrantia (Insecta) into families. Oriental Insects, 40, 339 - 375. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2006.10417487","Hood, J. D. (1935) Five new Thysanoptera of the genus Aeolothrips. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61 (2), 103 - 110."]}

Genus Aeolothrips Haliday Aeolothrips Haliday 1836: 451. Type species: Aeolothrips (Aeolothrips) albicinctus Haliday by monotypy. Antennae nine-segmented, segments III & IV cylindrical, each with one linear sensory area, antennal segments V��� IX connate. Head with ocelli present in both sexes; maxillary palps three-segmented; labial palps four-segmented. Pronotum without large setae; Mesonotum with one pair of median setae; legs slender, fore femora somewhat enlarged in both sexes; second segment of fore tarsi with large, finger-like re-curved hook attached at base and present in both sexes. Wings present or absent; when present, broad and rounded at tip; fore wings with two median longitudinal veins reaching the tip, and a few cross veins; with transverse or longitudinal dark bands, or combinations thereof. Sternites II���VI with no discal setae, sternite VII with 2 pairs of accessory setae submedially between marginal setae S 1 and S 2, with no discal setae laterally. Ovipositor large and upturned. Males abdominal tergite I divided into three parts by with two longitudinal thickenings which form distinct lines; tergites IV���VI with or without paired projections at posterior margin; tergite IX with or without claspers (Bailey 1951, Mound & Marullo 1998)., Published as part of Alavi, Jalil, Awal, Mehdi Modarres, Fekrat, Lida, Minaei, Kambiz & Manzari, Shahab, 2015, The Holarctic genus Aeolothrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) from Iran, with description of two new species, pp. 93-100 in Zootaxa 3972 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/235338, {"references":["Haliday, A. H. (1836) An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine, 3, 439 - 451.","Bailey, S. F. (1951) The genus Aeolothrips Haliday in North America. Hilgardia, 21 (2), 43 - 80.","Mound, L. A. & Marullo, R. (1998) Biology and identification of Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 12, 929 - 950. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 97014"]}

Aeolothrips laurencei sp.n. (Figs 14–25) Female macroptera. Body brown to blackish brown (Fig. 14), thorax and abdomen with crimson pigments (in unmacerated specimens); legs wholly dark brown except tarsi yellowish brown to yellow; antenna bicolored, segments I–II dark brown, II slightly lighter in distal half, III yellow with grey ring at apex; IV yellow, light brown in distal half and pedicel; V–IX uniformly brown, slightly lighter than I (Fig. 18). Fore wing pale with two brown transverse bands connected posteriorly by a narrow longitudinal dark strip extending along posterior margin, apex of fore wing clear with ring vein as pale as membrane (Fig. 16); posterior marginal fringe dark. Head wider than long, not produced in front of eyes, with weak transverse lines of sculpture, cheeks convex, vertex with 3–4 pairs of anteocellar setae, 4 pairs of setae between ocellar triangle and eyes, and 1 pair of interocellar setae between posterior ocelli, postocular area with about 7–8 pairs of setae in 2 widely spaced transverse rows (Fig. 15). Antennal segment III 4.6–4.8 times as long as broad, with linear sensorium extending to distal third of segment; IV 3.3–3.5 times as long as broad, with sensorium not extending to basal half of segment, a little curved and wider at apex, surpassing extreme distal tip of segment; V thicker than any of the following segments, shorter than VI–IX together, with one cross row of 5–6 setae rather close together at apex. Pronotum not sculptured except for posterior area, with about 40 scattered setae and 4–5 pairs of stout posteromarginal setae (Fig. 15). Fore tarsus with strongly recurved hamus meeting apex of stout seta. Mesonotum with 1 pair of median setae; with transverse rather narrow reticulations (Fig. 17). Metanotal reticulation equiangular medially, without internal markings (Fig. 17). Fore wing first cross vein situated in middle of first transverse band, second cross vein at basal fourth of second transverse band (Fig. 16); clavus with 9–11 veinal setae. Abdominal tergite I with transverse lines of sculpture medially and laterally; II–VII without transverse striations, IX with numerous and X with a few extremely weak transverse striations, median setae of tergite I long, almost 0.3 times as long as tergite, extending to campaniform sensilla; tergites II–VIII with median setae S 1 arising usually in front but sometimes in-line with median campaniform sensilla (Fig. 19); tergite IX setae S 1 longer than tergite length. Sternites without transverse striations, II with 3 pairs of posterior submarginal setae, median pair longest; III–VI with 4 pairs of setae, of which the two lateral pairs are submarginal; VII with 4 pairs of submarginal setae, median setae S 1 longest, S 1 arising closer to S 2 than to each other, with 2 pairs of accessory setae medially, outer pair in front of inner (Fig. 20). Posterior margin of tergite X between two marginal setae S 1 slightly convex. Spermatheca very large, bladder form, with 3–4 vestigial spiniform chitinous processes on either side of its distal half (Fig. 21). Measurements (holotype female, in microns). Body distended length 2400. Head length (width across cheeks) 180 (225), Antenna length 450; segments I–IX length (width): 50 (40), 68 (30), 118 (25), 96 (27), 67 (26), 27 (22), 20 (17), 17 (12), 15 (7). Pronotum median length (width) 200 (270). Pterothorax ventral length (width) 500 (400). Dorsal mesonotal setae length (interval) 25 (70), strong lateral setae length 38, anteromarginal metanotal setae length (interval) 40 (57). Posterior setae length (interval) 25 (42). Fore wing length 1150, width across first anterior cross vein 160, across second cross vein 185; transverse bands length along the anterior margin 290 and 320; intervening white area length 160. Tibia length: 250, 240 and 360. Tergite IX median length 160, S 1 length 187, S 2 length 202. Ovipositor length 530. Male macroptera. Body generally brown to blackish brown (Fig. 22). Legs dark brown except tarsi and extreme apex of tibia, fore tibia lighter than others, all tarsi yellow, extreme apex of tibia yellow. Antenna bicolored, segment I brown, II yellowish brown, lighter in distal half, III yellow, with a dark ring at apex, IV–IX uniformly brown, somewhat lighter in basal fourth of V (Fig. 23). Fore wing pale with two brown transverse bands, narrowly connected by a dark shading along posterior margin; fore wing fringe dark. Antennal segment II very slightly convex, III 4.5 times as long as broad, linear sensorium very short, occupying at most apical fourth of segment, IV 4.2–4.5 times as long as broad, sensorium occupying about apical third of segment; V slightly shorter than VI–IX together, with small oval sensorium. Middle coxae with a series of strong ridges ventrally along with a hump (Fig. 25). Abdominal tergites IV–VI without paired tubercles; IX with bifurcate claspers but without sickleshaped setae laterally (Fig. 24); semilateral setae extending to ventral tooth of claspers, somewhat surpassing them, lateral setae rather long and stout, but not sickle-shaped, campaniform sensilla situated out of dorsal plate (Fig. 24), posterior margin of tergite IX concave medially, median setae S 1 rather long and straight; anterior margin of X gable-shape (inverted V-shape), two campaniform sensilla of tergite X situated far ahead of dorsal setae (Fig. 24). Sternites III–VII without discal setae. Measurements (paratype male, in microns). Body distended length 1850. Head length (width across cheeks) 150 (200), Antenna length 460; segments I–IX length (width): 38 (37), 57 (27), 100 (25), 93 (23), 74 (23), 27 (20), 17 (20), 15 (12), 12 (7). Pronotum median length (width) 176 (240), Pterothorax ventral length (width) 450 (350), dorsal mesonotal setae length (interval) 19 (60), strong lateral setae length 50, anteromarginal metanotal setae length (interval) 34 (43), posterior setae length (interval) 20 (20). Fore wing length 1025. Tibia length: 230, 220, and 340. Abdominal tergite I length 160, width of dorsal plate anteriorly 56, posteriorly 110. Tergite IX median length 115, semilateral setae length (interval) 89 (189), length of seta lateral to claspers 49, length of dorsal setae S 1 49, S 2 34. Segment X length 93, length of dorsal setae S 1 175, S 2 195. Material studied. Holotype female: IRAN, Khorasan-e-shomalii province, Esfarayen, Chahar-borj village, from flowers of Elaeagnus angustifolia (Elaeagnaceae), 8.v. 2014, J. Alavi. Paratypes (All from IRAN, Khorasan-e-shomalii province, from flowers of E. angustifolia, collected by J. Alavi): 9 females, 9 males, same data as holotype; 10 females, Sankhast, Jorbat village, 6.v. 2014; 1 female, Garmeh, Asgharabad village; 7 female, Shirvan, Palkanlu village, 7.vi. 2014. Comments. A. laurencei is similar to the palearctic species A. eremicola in the uniformly brown body, all yellow tarsi, and the fore wing colour pattern described above. This pattern is seen also in two other palearctic species, gloriosus and wittmeri, and one Indian species indicus, but they are distinguished from A. laurencei by their bicolored bodies. However, the female of the new species is readily distinguished from A. eremicola by the larger body (2400 microns versus 1900 microns), color of middle and hind tibiae (uniformly dark versus abruptly yellow at extreme apex), and by various details of antennal colour indicated above. In addition to differences between the females, the male of laurencei differs from A. eremicola in having claspers. Amongst 12 samplings of flowering oleaster trees in various locations in the province, A. laurencei was collected only in five. However, at only one of these five locations were males collected along with females, and this sampling also included a large number of leafhoppers (Macropsis elaeagni) and aphids (Capitophorus elaeagni). It is possible that this new species is a facultative predator, whilst feeding on pollen and flower tissues of oleaster. Etymology. This species is named in honor of Dr. Laurence A. Mound in recognition of his development of the web based information system “ThripsWiki” that was released in 2013.

Dendrothrips Uzel (Fig 1���11) Dendrothrips Uzel 1895: 159. Type species Thrips ornata Jablonowski Currently, Dendrothrips includes 51 extant species, mostly from Africa and Asia as follows: Australia (four species), New Caledonia (one species), Oriental (21 species), Ethiopian (15 species) and Palaearctic (nine species) (Marullo 2003; Mound et al. 2014; ThripsWiki 2014). In evolutionary view, this genus is remarkable, because despite the number of species in the Old World, there are none that are native to any part of the New World (see Mound 1999). These thrips are mainly associated with two plant families, Oleaceae and Flacourtiaceae (Marullo 2003). Until now, four species have been known from Iran. D. saltatrix is a widespread species in Europe, Siberia, India and Iran (Mound et al. 1976; zur Strassen 2003). This species has been found on various plants in Iran (see Bhatti et al. 2009). D. phyllireae, a Mediterranean species which is closely associated with Oleaceae (zur Strassen 2003), has been observed in Iran only on olive from the west and northeast (Cheraghian 2000; Alavi 2002). D. degeeri is widespread in Europe (Mound et al. 1976; zur Strassen 2003) and has been reported on Rubus sp. from northeastern Iran (Alavi & Kamali 2003). D. karnyi is distributed commonly in eastern Europe as well as Turkey on Vitex agnus-castus (zur Strassen 2003), and this thrips was also observed on Vitex pseudo-negundo from Southwestern Iran (Bagheri & Alavi 2007)., Published as part of Alavi, Jalil, Minaei, Kambiz & Fekrat, Lida, 2014, The Iranian Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with description of a new genus and species, pp. 479-486 in Zootaxa 3860 (5) on page 480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/228965, {"references":["Uzel, H. (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Konigratz, Bohemia, 1 - 472.","Marullo, R. (2003) Host relationships at plant family level in Dendrothrips Uzel (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Dendrothripinae) with a new Australian species. Australian Journal of Entomology, 42, 46 - 50. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.2003.00321. x","Mound, L. A., Tree, D. J. & Paris, D. (2014) OZ THRIPS, Thysanoptera in Australia. Available from: http: // www. ozthrips. org / (accessed 30 May 2014)","Mound, L. A. (1999) Saltatorial leaf-feeding Thysanoptera (Thripidae, Dendrothripinae) in Australia and New Caledonia, with newly recorded pests of ferns, figs and mulberries. Australian Journal of Entomology, 38 (4), 257 - 273. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.1999.00112. x","Mound, L. A., Morison, G. D., Pitkin, B. R. & Palmer, J. M. (1976) Thysanoptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 1 (11), 1 - 79.","Bhatti, J. S., Alavi, J., zur Strassen, R. & Telmadarraiy, Z. (2009) Thysanoptera in Iran 1938 - 2007, An Overview. Thrips, 7 - 8, 1 - 373.","Cheraghian, A. (2000) First report of two genera and four species of Thysanoptera for the insect fauna of Iran. Proceedings of the 14 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 1, 359.","Alavi, J. (2002) Dendrothrips phyllireae Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) a pest of olive in Golestan province. Proceedings of the 15 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 1, 109.","Alavi, J. & Kamali, K. (2003) The fauna of Thysanoptera in Bojnourd region of Khorasan province, Iran. Thrips, 2, 25 - 40.","Bagheri, S. & Alavi, J. (2007) Report of Dendrothrips karnyi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Iran. Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research, 5 (1), 103 - 104."]}