Anthomalachius strangulatus (Abeille de Perrin, 1885)

Cyrtosus strangulatus Abeille de Perrin, 1885; Clanoptilus strangulatus Abeille de Perrin, 1885; Malachius vulneratus Abeille de Perrin, 1891; Malachius schelkownikowi Pic, 1911; Malachius pseudospinosus Medvedev, 1964 .

Regional distribution. Iran (no locality cited) (Yildirim & Bulak 2012).

General distribution. Common species in Transcaucasus (Švihla 1987), Western Europe (rare in East France, Great Britain), Central, South-Eastern Europe, Southern Russia, Turkey, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan (Mayor 2007).