taxonID	type	description	language	source
3D4F878BE9565823678C24A49510F86E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Hyperaspidini can be separated from other tribes of the subfamily Coccinellinae by the following combination of characters: body elongate oval, depressed to rounded, convex; dorsal surface glabrous (except in Blaisdelliana Gordon); antenna short, composed of 9 to 11 antennomeres, club elongate, fusiform, terminal antennomere small, recessed in preceding antennomere, antennal insertion exposed or concealed; eye large, not emarginate by an eye canthus, finely faceted, without pubescence; maxillary palpus with apical palpomere securiform; scutellar shield usually large; elytral epipleuron narrow, usually excavated for reception of femoral apex (except Hyperaspidius Crotch and Blaisdelliana Gordon); legs short, femur grooved or flattened for reception of tibia, protibia slender, unmodified, or expanded, tarsus cryptotetramerous; abdomen with 6 ventrites in both sexes; male genitalia with penis guide asymmetrical, toothed, penis guide rooted in phallobase; female genitalia with coxites usually short, transverse, styli reduced or absent (Gordon 1985; Gordon & Canepari 2008).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9575822678C21D09454FCEF.taxon	diagnosis	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).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505825678C20BA921BFC54.taxon	distribution	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).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505825678C20BA921BFC54.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Echinops sp., Astragalus sp. and Quercus sp. (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505825678C20BA921BFC54.taxon	discussion	Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Bagheri & Mossadegh (1997) and Canepari et al. (1985) with some modifications.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505825678C254F921BFA47.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997). General distribution. Algeria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain (Kovář 2007), Iran (Moddarres-Awal 2012).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505825678C254F921BFA47.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Echinops sp. and Astragalus sp. (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505825678C254F921BFA47.taxon	discussion	Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Bagheri & Mossadegh (1997) and Canepari et al. (1985) with some modifications.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505824678C24B19256FF35.taxon	materials_examined	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 ʹ 24.7 ʹʹN; 55 ° 02 ʹ 17.9 ʹʹE), Quercus sp., V. 2015, lgt. Mino Toozandejani, det. Biranvand.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505824678C24B19256FF35.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. Alborz (Borumand 2000), Lorestan, Semnan (current study). General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine (Kovář 2007), Iran (Moddarres-Awal 2012).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505824678C24B19256FF35.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Medicago sp. (Borumand 2000), and recently from Amygdalus sp. and Quercus sp. (current study).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9505824678C24B19256FF35.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9525827678C275C9256F815.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30 ° 02 ʹ 23.9 ʹʹN; 54 ° 18 ʹ 30.4 ʹʹE), Amygdalus scoparia L, Atraphaxis sp, VI. 2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9525827678C275C9256F815.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. Iran (Kovář 2007), Yazd (current study). General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan (Kovář 2007), Turkey (Kaydan et al. 2012).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9525827678C275C9256F815.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Amygdalus scoparia L. and Atraphaxis sp. (current study).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9525827678C275C9256F815.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535826678C21DF91E6FDCB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂: Iran, coll. Museum of Islamic Azad University of Shiraz, det. Canepari and Fürsch. Distribution in Iran. Fars (Yazdani 1990), Khorasan (Yaghmaei & Kharazi Pakdel 1995) General distribution. Nigeria (Umeh 1982), Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Tunisia (Kovář 2007). Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535826678C2336923CFC16.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 4 specimens: Iran, coll. Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, det. Fürsch. Distribution in Iran. Kerman (Duverger 1983), South Khorasan (Moodi & Mossadegh 1995). General distribution. This species has been reported only from Iran (Kovář 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.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535826678C250492B0F98E.taxon	distribution	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 (Kovář 2007).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535826678C250492B0F98E.taxon	biology_ecology	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).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535826678C250492B0F98E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Capra (1929), Mader (1955) and Iablokoff- Khnzorian (1971) with some modifications.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535829678C278A9256FEDE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Iran, Lorestan province, Rig Sephid (33 ° 29 ʹ 56.7 ʹʹN; 48 ° 27 ʹ 46.1 ʹʹE), Medicago sp., VI. 2014, lgt. Amir Ansari pour, det. Canepari and Fürsch.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535829678C278A9256FEDE.taxon	distribution	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 (Kovář 2007).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE9535829678C278A9256FEDE.taxon	biology_ecology	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.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C21DF9256FC7D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂, 1 ♀: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30 ° 02 ʹ 23.9 ʹʹN; 54 ° 18 ʹ 30.4 ʹʹE), Atraphaxis sp., Prunus sp., Pistacia sp., VI. 2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari; 2 ♂: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30 ° 02 ʹ 23.9 ʹʹN; 54 ° 18 ʹ 30.4 ʹʹE), Amygdalus sp., IX. 2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C21DF9256FC7D.taxon	distribution	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 (Kovář 2007), Morocco (Smaili et al. 2010).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C21DF9256FC7D.taxon	biology_ecology	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.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C21DF9256FC7D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C22A791E6FA34.taxon	materials_examined	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 Fürsch.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C22A791E6FA34.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. Vannae region (Duverger 1983), Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997), Yazd (current study). General distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Kovář 2007).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C22A791E6FA34.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Amygdalus sp., Zea sp., Astragalus sp. (Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997) and recently from Atraphaxis sp.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C22A791E6FA34.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95D5828678C2761923CF804.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀: Iran, coll. Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, det. Canepari and Fürsch. 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 (Kovář 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.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95E582B678C241E91E5F82D.taxon	materials_examined	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 Fürsch.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95E582B678C241E91E5F82D.taxon	distribution	Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan (Sadat Alizadeh et al. 2013), Yazd (current study). General distribution. Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Kovář 2007), United Arab Emirates (Raimundo et al. 2008).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95E582B678C241E91E5F82D.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plants species in Iran. This species has been collected from Medicago sp. (current study).	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
3D4F878BE95E582B678C241E91E5F82D.taxon	discussion	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.	en	Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida, Fürsch, Helmut (2017): Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4236 (2): 311-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.6
