Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

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Genus Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

Subgenus Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839

Elaphropus (Elaphropus) caraboides Motschulsky, 1839 Citations : Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Subgenus Tachyura Motschulsky, 1862

= Tachyphanes Jeannel, 1946

Elaphropus (Tachyura) anatolica (Jedlička, 1965)

Studied material: Razavi Khorasan, Mazandaran and North Khorasan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin).

Citations: Derbend, 25 km North of Tehran, 2000 m (Prov. of Tehran; Mandl, 1967b).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) bisbimaculatus (Chevrolat, 1860) Citations : Keschar (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) bodemeyeri (A. Fleischer, 1915)

Studied material: Fars Province; (ZMTU): Aghasht and Kondor (Prov. of Tehran). Citations: North of Iran, Elburz Mts. R. (Dobler, 1975).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) decoloratus (Chaudoir, 1850)

Studied material: Kerman, Hormozgan, Razavi Khorasan, Mazandaran, Esfahan, North Khorasan, Fars and West Azarbaijan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): Kordak, 2008 (Prov. of Qazvin) and Kondor, 2008 (Prov. of Tehran).

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) derbendensis ( Jedlička, 1967)

Studied material: Golestan, Kerman, Esfahan, Mazandaran, Fars and West Azarbaijan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin).

Citations: Darband (Prov. of Tehran; Jedlička, 1967); Derbend, 25 km North of Tehran, 2000 m (Prov. of Tehran; Mandl, 1967b).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) diabrachys (Kolenati, 1845)

= inaequalis (Kolenati, 1845)

Studied material: Kerman, Fars., Hormozgan, Razavi Khorasan, Mazandaran, Esfahan, North Khorasan, Semnan, Golestan, Tehran, Yazd, Lorestan, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Kermanshah, Zanjan and East Azerbaïdjan (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): Kordak, 2008 (Prov. of Qazvin), Kondor, 2008 (Prov. of Tehran), Dohezar River, 2008 (Prov. of Mazandaran) and Chadegan, 2012 (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari). Citations: Qualeh-e Asghard and Lalezar (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963 E. inaequalis Kolenati, 1845 ); Pirbakran (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963 E. inaequalis Kolenati, 1845 ); Basmenj Village (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Atamehr, 2013); Esfarayen (Prov. of North Khorasan; Hajiqanbar & Khaustov, 2014).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) confusa Coulon & Felix, 2011

Citations: 9 km South west of Hajiabad, 840 m; 6 km North east of Tall-e Gerdu, 880 m; Hajiabad, Dar agah, 1110 m (Prov. of Hormozgan; Felix, 2011).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) euphraticus (Reitter, 1885)

Studied material: Razavi Khorasan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Fars, Yazd, North Khorasan, Semnan, Golestan, West Azarbaijan (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): Khane Zenian, 2010 (Prov. of Fars) and Neyzar, 2012 (Prov. of Qom).

Citations: IranShahr (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Kult, 1961).; South of Kerman (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) iranicus ( Jedlička, 1963)

Citations: Salsolaceen, Bander Damala (Prov. of West Azarbaijan; Jedlička, 1963).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) latus (Peyron, 1858)

= afghanistanicus ( Jedlička, 1967)

Citations: IranShahr (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Kult, 1961 subspecies afghanistanicus); Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) lucasi (Jacquelin du Val, 1852)

Studied material: Kermanshah and Fars Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin). Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) parvula (Dejean, 1831) Studied material: (ZMTU): Qalat village, 2012 (Prov. of Fars). Citations: New record for Iran.

Elaphropus (Tachyura) quadrisignatus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Citations: South of Kerman (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) radjabii ( Morvan, 1973)

Studied material: (ZMTU): Khane Zenian, 2010 (Prov. of Fars) and Kondor, 2008 (Prov. of Tehran). Citations: Zagros Mts, Ochtoran-Kuh, Durud, 2300 m (Prov. of Lurestan; Morvan, 1973).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) tetraspilus ( Solsky, 1874)

Studied material: North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, Hormozgan, Kerman and Fars (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin).

Citations: IranShahr (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Kult, 1961); Jiroft, Anbar-Abad (Prov. of Kerman; Kult, 1961).

Elaphropus (Tachyura) thoracicus (Kolenati, 1845)

Studied material: Yazd, Esfahan, Razavi Khorasan, Tehran, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Kerman, Fars, Esfahan, Hormozgan, Kordestan, West Azarbaijan and Zanjan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): Shahrekord, 2240 m (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari).

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Subgenus Sphaerotachys Müller, 1926

Elaphropus (Sphaerotachys) fumigatus (Motschulsky, 1851) Citations : Sabzawaran (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Elaphropus (Sphaerotachys) hoemorroidalis (Ponza, 1805) Studied material: Kerman, Esfahan, Fars, Kermanshah, Hormozgan, Kordestan and West Azarbaijan (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): Najmaabad, 1200 m (Prov. of Tehran).

Citations: IranShahr and Kuh-e Taftan, 1650 m (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Kult, 1961); Jiroft, Anbar-Abad (Prov. of Kerman; Kult, 1961); South of Sabzawaran (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963); Chalus (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1967b); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).