Afrogethes schilskyi ( Reitter, 1897 )

Audisio, Paolo, Cline, Andrew R., Lasoń, Andrzej, Jelínek, Josef, Sabatelli, Simone & Serri, Sayeh, 2017, New species and records of pollen and sap beetles for Iran (Coleoptera: Kateretidae, Nitidulidae), Zootaxa 4216 (4), pp. 369-383 : 370

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.242293
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6030355
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scientific name	Afrogethes schilskyi ( Reitter, 1897 )
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Afrogethes schilskyi ( Reitter, 1897)

Examined material. IRAN: Lorestan Province, Zagros Mts., SE Dorud, Oshtoran Kuh , 33°25'17''N 49°09'02''E, 1700 m, 14.VI. 2014, leg. P. Audisio, on Trichodesma incanum (Bunge) A. DC. ( Boraginaceae ), 5 males, 7 females ( CAR, HMIM, NMPC). GoogleMaps

This species is known (under Meligethes schilskyi ) from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with an old and doubtful museum record from N Algeria ( Audisio 1993b; Jelínek & Audisio 2007). The species is strictly associated as larvae with members of the botanical genus Trichodesma R. Br. (Boraginaceae) . New country record for Iran .