Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Tentyriini) from Iran

Аннотация

The Iranian species of the tenebrionid genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 are revised. In total, 21 species, one of them with two subspecies, are recorded: C. amaroides Baudi di Selve, 1874, C. bazmanica Schuster, 1938, C. caucasica Kraatz, 1865, C. clypeata Faust, 1875, C. elbursica S. Chigray, sp. n., C. emarginata Reitter, 1900, C. gigas Kaszab, 1962, C. incerta incerta Faust, 1875, C. incerta amaratica S. Chigray, subsp. n., C. harpaloides Baudi di Selve, 1874, C. kadleci S. Chigray, sp. n., C. kermanica S. Chigray, sp. n., C. lata S. Chigray, sp. n.,C. merkli S. Chigray, sp. n., C. monstruosa S. Chigray, sp. n., C. pulchella pulchella Faldermann, 1837, C. rosti Reitter, 1897, C. schach Kaszab, 1963, C. sistanica S. Chigray, sp. n., C. sulcimargo Reitter, 1897, C. theodoridesi Kaszab, 1962, and C. zarudnyi S. Chigray, sp. n. A key to the species is provided; drawings and a distribution map for Iranian species are given.