Dasytes (Mesodasytes) plumbeus (Müller, 1776)

Thelephorus plumbeus Müller, 1776; Lagria flavipes Fabricius, 1787; Cicindela plumbea (Müller, 1779); Melyris plumbeus (Müller, 1779); Dasytes plumbeus var. coerulescens Schilsky, 1898; Dasytes plumbeus var. nigrofemoralis Schilsky, 1898; Dasytes plumbeus var. nigrinus Schilsky, 1898; Dasytes plumbeus var. atripes Sainte-Claire Deville, 1908; Dasytes plumbeus var. pueli Fagniez, 1946; Dasytes coxalis Mulsant & Rey, 1868; Dasytes ragusae Schilsky, 1894 .

Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Constantin et al. 2011).

New material examined. Ilam province, 7 km S Ilam, 1819 m, 39°40’N 48°29’E, 25.vii.2004, 2 ♀♀, leg. S. Kadlec, det . & coll. I. Plonski (more specimens in NMPC); Guilan province, Elborz Mts. 40 km E Rudbar, 1030 m, 36°48’N 49°38’E, 27.v.2003, 1 ♂, leg. S. Kadlec, det . & coll. I. Plonski (more specimens in NMPC); Mazandaran province, Ramsar county, N slope of Elburz Mts., Eshkatechal, small stream, 1458 m, 36°50’53,0’’N 50°34’64,4’’E, 08.vi.2008, 4 ♀♀, leg. A. Pütz, det . I. Plonski, coll. A. Pütz & I. Plonski.

General distribution. European-Siberian.

Comments. Blacus (Blacus) errans (Nees, 1811) ( Hymenoptera: Braconidae), which is a parasitoid of D. plumbeus (Çetin Erdoğan 2010), was collected from Aligoodarz (Lorestan province) (Ghahari et al. 2012).