Gauropterus bucharicus Bernhauer, 1905

Assing, Volker, 2007, On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 1474, pp. 1-54 : 7

Gauropterus bucharicus Bernhauer, 1905

Material examined. IRAN: Fars: 4 exs., Estahban–Darab road, 20 km NW Darab, 28°51'N, 54°25'E, 1320 m, 13.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB, cAss); 2 exs., Estahban–Darab road, Darb Qal'eh, 6 km E Bagheshad, 29°00', 54°26'E, 1500 m, 16.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB); 4 exs., Estahban–Darab road, 23 km NW Darab, 28°53'N, 54°24'E, 1340 m, 24.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB); 4 exs., Farrashband– Firuzabad road, Kherghe, 28°55'N, 52°22'E, 1620 m, 13.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB, cAss); 3 exs., Farrashband–Firuzabad road, 2 km S Kherghe, 28°54'N, 52°23'E, 1520 m, 13.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB, cAss); 1 ex., Meymand–Borak road, 10 km W Behjan, 28°51'N, 52°54'E, 1580 m, 14.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri (cAss); 4 exs., Meymand–Borak road, 5 km W Behjan, 28°50'N, 52°56'E, 1420 m, 14.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB, cAss); 4 exs., Shiraz–Firuzabad road, 27 km S Kavar: Darenjalar road, 29°07'N, 52°33'E, 1590 m, 12.IV.2006, leg. Frisch & Serri ( MNHUB).

Comment. The species was previously known only from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan ( Herman 2001, Smetana 2004); it is here reported from Iran for the first time. On several occasions, it was collected together with G. fulgidus .