Timon kurdistanicus (Suchow, 1936)

HOLOTYPE. ZIL 11441:b.

TYPE LOCALITY. Kordestan, Iran; restricted by Eiselt (1968) to Biare [= Beydarvaz], Kordestan, Iran.

DISTRIBUTION. E Turkey, Iraq, Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 115. Kordestan, Kermanshah Prov.

HABITAT. Oak forests ( Quercus persica) on the Iraq-Iran borders (Eiselt 1968).

REMARKS. Ahmadzadeh et al. (2012) detected deep divergence between T. princeps and T. kurdistanicu s (at that time considered a subspecies of T. princeps) comparable with interspecific distances between other species of the genus. Based on this evidence supported by numerous morphological distinctions of the two taxa, the authors promoted its species rank.

REFERENCES. Eiselt (1968, 1969); Rykena et al. (1977); Rykena & Nettmann (1986); Anderson (1999); Arnold et al. (2007); Ilgaz & Kumlutaş (2008); Ahmadzadeh et al. (2012).