Paracylindromorphus, Thery, 1930

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Genus PARACYLINDROMORPHUS Théry, 1930

synonym: Agrilomorphus Portevin 1931 .

Paracylindromorphus subuliformis ( Mannerheim) 1837 : 117 ( Agrilus ); Kubáň 2006: 407; Bellamy 2008d: 2454. synonym: tauricus ( Gory) 1841: 269 ( Agrilus ).

Immatures: Schaefer 1951: 68; Bílý 1999: 37.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 67.

Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d). Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Paracylindromorphus transversicollis ( Reitter) 1913 : 657 ( Cylindromorphus ); Bílý 1983a: 86; Borumand 2002: 51; Kubáň 2006: 407; Bellamy 2008d: 2455; Sakenin et al. 2008: 31.

synonym: magnus ( Obenberger) 1929a: 123 ( Cylindromorphus ); Kubáň 2006: 49 (synonym of transversicollis transversicollis ).

Immatures: Bílý 1983b: 68.

Host plant(s) within Iran. (Adult) Phragmites australis ( Bílý 1983a) ; Amygdalus communis (Rosaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008).

Distribution within Iran. Ardabil (Sakenin et al. 2008), Kerman ( Borumand 2002), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Bílý 1983a), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Note. The record of Amygdalus as a host plant of this species (Sakenin et al. 2008) based on misidentification; all species of Paracylindromorphus are associated with herbaceous vegetation, this species is particularly associated with Phragmites .