A new Mylabris species from south-eastern Iran and a key to the Iranian species of the nominate subgenus (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

By

Serri, Sayeh
Pan, Zhao
Bologna, Marco A. (Marco Alberto), 1954-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

219

Pages

81-86

Subjects

Iran , key to the species , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3674

 

Abstract

A new species of Mylabris of the nominate subgenus is described and figured. This species is apparently endemic to the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman and seems to be phenetically very distinct from all other species of this subgenus, primarily because of the unique elytral pattern. A key to the species of the nominate subgenus distributed in Iran is also presented.