Galeodes bacilliferoides Roewer, 1934

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Galeodes bacilliferoides Roewer, 1934

LITERATURE RECORDS: Roewer [1934]: 529 ( Iraq, Adshemi); El-Hennawy [1999]: 85 ( Iraq); Harvey [2003]: 259 ( Iraq).

REMARKS: Roewer [1934] discovered that the specimens collected from Iraq-Adshemi, Dorf Risa-abad, had misidentified as G. bacillifer by Birula [1905b]. And, he described a new species as G. bacilliferoides . This species is known from Iran, Iraq, Pakistan [ El-Hennawy, 1999; Harvey, 2003]. Birula [1905b] recorded it from Central-Iran. The type and paratype materials of G. bacilliferoides were collected by Nikolai A. Zarudny in 1904. Sissom and Fet [1998] analyzed Zarudny’s excursions route and were able to trace localities of Birula’s collections. These localities are found between Ahvaz and Esfahan in Iran. During the Ottoman Empire period, this area is also located in the region called “ Irak Acemi” [S¸emseddin, 1889]. In this area, the localities are cited as “Iraq-Adjemi” or “Iraq-Adshemi” by Birula. This species is therefore excluded from the present list.