Planolinellus vittatus (Say, 1825)

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 11

Planolinellus vittatus (Say, 1825)

Material examined. CYPRUS: Lemesos prov., NW Akrotiri, 25.ii.2011, W. Ziegler leg. (7 spec. in WZCR) . IRAN: Mazandaran Prov., env. Kolijak , mountain slope, 36°28’18’’N 51°40’14’’E, 1840 m, 5.v.2010, J. Weipert leg. (1 spec. in JWCP) ; Gilan Prov. , Bandar-e Anzali, W, Bashm, marshland, 0 m, 37°30’04’’N 49°20’54’’E, 1.v.2012, D. Frenzel leg. (1 spec. in DFCS) . TURKMENISTAN: Aschchabad, desert, 8.v.1989, Gasche leg. (3 spec. in ERCS) .

Distribution. From the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula to West Siberia and Central Asia ( Grebenščikov 1985; Nikolajev 1987; Berlov et al. 1989), Turkey (Durand 1970; Tauzin 2002; Bellmann 2007). Not listed by Ziani (1997b) or Keith (2002) from Cyprus: first records from this island and from Iran and Turkmenistan.

Responsible author: E. Rössner