A checklist of seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Iran Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Borowiec, Lech text Zootaxa 2017 4268 2 215 237 journal article 33043 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.3 3dd16235-3e75-4b7f-aa95-689623b331aa 1175-5326 580202 8EA7FDB5-3F41-440E-BAEC-A3E331BA2EC7 Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy, 1785) Distribution in Iran . Alborz , East Azarbaijan ( Delobel 2011 ), Fars ( Valai et al . 2013 ), Guilan ( Sakenin et al . 2009 ), Isfahan ( Yarmand et al . 2006 ; Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011 ), Razavi Khorasan ( Hooshmand 1991 ; Modarres Awal 1997 ; Mahdizadeh et al . 2014 ), Tehran ( Borowiec 1991 ; Borowiec & Anton 1993 ; Anton 1998 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Decelle 1983 ; Borowiec 1985a , 1987b ; Taghizadeh et al . 2010 ). General distribution. Widespread in whole Palaearctic region ( Anton 2010 ; Augul & Al-Saffar 2016 ). Host records. Calendula officinalis L. ( Asteraceae ) ( Yarmand et al . 2006 ), sorghum ( Taghizadeh et al . 2010 ), Lavandula angustifolia Mill. , Rosmarinus officinalis L. (both Lamiaceae ) ( Bagheri & Nasr Isfahani 2011 ), Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Convolvulaceae ) ( Valai et al . 2013 ; Mahdizadeh et al . 2014 ). Comments. Modarres Awal (1997) reported apple, cherry, horary cress, morning glory, and pear as the hosts of S. sericeus . In Bruchinae many adults feed on various flowers but as true hosts we consider only those plant species where in seeds larvae develop.