A new Parazuphium Jeannel, 1942 species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Zagros Mountains in Iran

By

Wrase, David W.
Assmann, Thorsten

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1011

Pages

41--50

Subjects

identification key , microphthalmic species , subalpine habitats , Zuphiini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1011.59449

 

Abstract

Parazuphium weigelisp. nov. is described from the Zagros Mountains in Iran. The microphthalmic species was found in a subalpine site under a deeply embedded stone close to a snow field. It resembles P. salmoni Assmann, Renan & Wrase, 2015, but differs by shape of pronotum and its punctation, eye size, body proportions, and shape of median lobe of aedeagus and preputial sclerites. An identification key to the known species from Iran is given.