Lebia (Lebia) syriaca PIC , 1901

Ahmadi, Marzieh, Esfandiari, Mehdi, Muilwijk, Jan & Ostovan, Hadi, 2017, First record of Lebia syriaca (Carabidae, Lebiini) for Iran and additional faunistic notes on Carabidae from south-west Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 265-273 : 269

Lebia (Lebia) syriaca PIC, 1901

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran, Khuzestan Province, Ahvaz, Soveiseh , date palm garden, 12m, 31° 12' 15'' N 48° 33' 01'' E, 1 ex., 28.V.2013 ; Iran, Khuzestan Province, Ahvaz, Sofhe , date palm garden, 14m, 31° 15' 12'' N 48° 32' 41'' E, 1 ex., 1.VIII.2013 .

N o t e: This species occurs in Syria and Iraq ( ANICHTCHENKO 2011). Lebia (Lebia) syriaca is new for the fauna of Iran.

I d e n t i f i c a t i o n: The specimens (CMu) are compared with the holotype ( fig. 1 , 2 ). A small Lebia species 4.8- 5 mm. Upperside slightly shiny, head black, pronotum orange-yellow, elytra and appendices yellow. Elytra just after the middle with a broad black undulating band. Upperside with hairs, elytral intervals with two rows of short hairs. Elytral striae punctated. Hind angles pronotum sharp, pronotal base strongly emarginated at sides.

Figures

Fig. 1: Dorsal view of Lebia (Lebia) syriaca, collected in this study.

Fig. 2: Dorsal view of Lebia (Lebia) syriaca holotype.