Genus APHANISTICUS Latreille, 1810

synonym: Goniophthalma Chevrolat 1838 .

Aphanisticus emarginatus (Olivier) 1790: 84 ( Buprestis); Bílý 1983a: 85; Borumand 2002: 51; Kubáň 2006: 405; Bellamy 2008d: 2397.

synonym: coriaceus Rey 1891c: 27.

synonym: aetnensis Abeille de Perrin 1897: 32; Kubáň 2006: 45 (synonym of emarginatus), 405. Immatures: Perris 1875: 407, 1877: 149.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 44.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Juncus sp. ( Juncaceae) (Bílý 1983a).

Distribution within Iran. Lorestan (Bílý 1983a; Borumand 2002), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,? Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,? Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands,? Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,? Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).