Phytoecia (Helladia) dorud ( Sama et al., 2007 )

Faizi, Fardin, Danilevsky, Mikhail L., Ghobari, Hamed & Nozari, Jamasb, 2020, Two new species of Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4868 (4), pp. 591-595 : 593

Phytoecia (Helladia) dorud ( Sama et al., 2007) , stat. n.

Phytoecia (H.) dorud ( Sama et al., 2007) , stat. n. was originally described as subspecies, Helladia imperials dorud Sama, Rapuzzi & Rejzek, 2007 ; although it is strongly different from Ph. (H.) imperialis Sama & Rejzek, 2001 by the darker body, antennae and legs; the black elytra, which look glabrous because of very short pubescence; and the pronotum pale area densely covered with pale recumbent pubescence. So, we propose that Ph. (H.) dorud (Sama, et al., 2007), stat. n. must be elevated to a species rank.