Ophonus Dejean, 1821

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Genus Ophonus Dejean, 1821

Subgenus Ophonus Dejean, 1821

Ophonus ( Ophonus) diffinis (Dejean, 1829)

Citations: 5 km East of Maku, 1140 m (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Wrase, 2005).

Ophonus ( Ophonus) heinzi Wrase, 1991

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kataev & Wrase, 2003).

Ophonus ( Ophonus) laticollis Mannerheim, 1825

Citations: Samin & Sakenin (2014) cited the species from Nowshahr (Prov. of Mazandaran) but this record is dubious as in last Palearctic catalogue ( Löbl & Smetana, 2003).

Ophonus ( Ophonus) sabulicola (Panzer, 1796)

Citations: Distributed in north of Iran the caspian region. Miankouh (Prov. of Gilan; Salari et al., 2013); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).

Subgenus Hesperophonus Antoine, 1959

Ophonus ( Hesperophonus) azureus (Fabricius, 1775)

Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842); Tschamestan (Prov. of Mazandaran; Jedlička, 1961).

Ophonus ( Hesperophonus) convexicollis Ménétriés, 1832

Studied material: (ZMTU): Shiraz, 2010 (Prov. of Fars), Baladeh, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran), Jamal Abad (Prov. of Qazvin) and Quemsar, 2012 (Prov. of Esfahan).

Citations: Without exact locality (Sciaky, 1987); Without exact locality ( Kataev & Wrase, 2003).

Ophonus ( Hesperophonus) cribricollis (Dejean, 1829)

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Province East Azarbaijan ( Wrase, 2005).

Ophonus ( Hesperophonus) rebellus (Schauberger, 1926)

Studied material: Kermanshah C. 2014 (Prov. of Kermanshah); (ZMTU): Karaj, Uni of Agriculture and Baraghan, River (Prov. of Elburz), Kolyak; 40km S Tavir; Kolijak and Firooz Kola (Prov. of Mazandaran), Ghole, Sabz, NW Shahr-e Kord, 2240 m (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari).

Citations: Distributed mostly in Center like Tehran and Esfahan and west parts of Iran. Astrabad (Prov. of Golestan; Kataev, 2001); Ayuriq Village (Prov. of Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).

Ophonus ( Hesperophonus) similis (Dejean, 1829)

Citations: Provinces Azarbaygan-e Garbi, Gilan and Khuzestan ( Wrase, 2005).

Ophonus ( Hesperophonus) subquadratus (Dejean, 1829)

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Province Fars ( Wrase, 2005); Rostam abad (Prov. of Gilan; Salari et al., 2013).

Subgenus Macrophonus Tschitschérine, 1901

Ophonus ( Macrophonus) oblongus (Schaum, 1858) Citations : Without exact locality ( Kataev & Wrase, 2003).

Subgenus Metophonus Bedel, 1897

Ophonus ( Metophonus) austrocaspicus Kataev & Belousov, 2001

Studied material: (ZMTU): Kolijak, 1600-1850 m (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Rasht, 650 m (Prov. of Gilan; Kataev, 2001); Chorteh (Prov. of Mazandaran; Kataev, 2001); Kopet- Dagh, Siaret, 1160 m (Prov. of Golestan; Kataev, 2001); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Wrase, 2005); Rudbar env. (Prov. of Gilan; Wrase, 2005).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) cordatus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kataev & Wrase, 2003).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) davatchii (Morvan, 1981)

Studied material: (ZMTU): Takir; 15 km east of Baladeh, Valashid and 10 km West of Pol-e Sefid, 870 m (Prov. of Mazandaran).

Citations: Damavand Mt. Gosfand Sara (Prov. of Tehran; Morvan, 1981); Takir and 15 km east of Baladeh, 5 km West of Mesen, 10 km West of Pol-e Sefid (Prov. of Mazandaran; Morvan, 1981).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) hittita Sciaky, 1987 Citations : Province Hamadan ( Wrase, 2005).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) israelita Brulerie, 1876

Citations: Provinces Azarbaigan-e Bakhtari and Hamadan ( Wrase, 2005).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) melletii hyrcanus Kataev, 2001

Citations: Gorgan, Astrabad (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014; Kataev, 2001).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) puncticeps Stephens, 1828

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kataev & Wrase, 2003).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) rufibarbis (Fabricius, 1792)

Studied material: (ZMTU): Takir, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran) Citations: Without exact locality ( Kataev & Wrase, 2003).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) scharifi (Morvan, 1977)

= abalisensis (Morvan, 1977)

Citations: Ab-Ali Village, 2800 m (Prov. of Tehran; Morvan, 1977); Shahrak, 1800 m (Prov. of Gazvin; Morvan, 1977); Elburz Mts. R (Morvan, 1977).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) sciakyi Wrase, 1990

Studied material: (ZMTU): Kolyak and Tavir (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Astrabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Wrase, 1990); Without exact locality ( Kataev, 2001).

Ophonus ( Metophonus) veluchianus (J.Müller, 1931) Citations : Province West Azarbaijan ( Wrase, 2005).