Calosoma Weber, 1801

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Genus Calosoma Weber, 1801

Subgenus Calosoma Weber, 1801

Calosoma (Calosoma) inquisitor cupreum Dejean, 1826 Studied material: (ZMTU): Khirood Forest, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Rasht and Gysoum (Prov. of Gilan; Salari et al., 2014).

Calosoma (Calosoma) inquisitor inquisitor Linnaeus, 1758

Citations: Without exact locality (Bousquet et al., 2003); Gorgan, env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).

Calosoma (Calosoma) sycophanta Linnaeus, 1758

= prasinum Lapouge, 1907

Studied material: Siahe bishe, 2014 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Talesh, Elbutz Mts, R. (Prov. of Gilan; Lapouge, 1907); Lurestan and Kermanshah Provinces ( Lapouge, 1907).

Subgenus Charmosta Motschulsky, 1865

Calosoma (Charmosta) investigator Illiger, 1798

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1850).

Subgenus Campalita Motschulsky, 1866

Calosoma (Campalita) algiricum Gehin, 1885

Citations: Dschas Morian (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1953); Arasbaran (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Ghahari et al., 2010).

Calosoma (Campalita) maderae dsungaricum Gebler, 1833

= tectum Motschulsky, 1844

iranicum Mandl, 1953

auropunctatum dzungaricum Gebler, 1833

Citations: Dschas Morian (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1953); “Novschahr” or NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1967a); Bampour (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Mandl, 1967a); Mashahd (Prov. of Razavi Khorasan; Hosseini et al., 2012); Gorgan, env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014); West of Balouchistan (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Bruschi & Taglianti, 2012); Haft-tape (Prov. of Khuzestan; Bruschi & Taglianti, 2012); Astarabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Bruschi & Taglianti, 2012); Bushehr (Prov. of Bushehr; Bruschi & Taglianti, 2012); Kerman (Prov. of Kerman; Bruschi & Taglianti, 2012); Gysoum and Asalem (Prov. of Gilan;); Salari et al., 2014).

Calosoma (Campalita) chlorostictum chlorostictum Dejean, 1831 Citations : Without exact locality ( Farkač & Häckel, 2012).

Subgenus Caminara Motschulsky, 1866

Calosoma (Caminara) denticolle Gebler, 1833

Citations: Gonbad (Prov. of Golestan; Ghahari et al., 2009).

Comment: The occurrence of this species in Iran must be confirmed and the identification should be checked. This species is known from neighbouring Kazakhstan so that its occurrence in North or North east of Iran is possible.

Calosoma (Caminara) imbricatum deserticola Semenov, 1897 Citations : 70 km South of Tehran, 1300 m (Prov. of Tehran; Mandl, 1967b); Jussufabad (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1967b).

Calosoma (Caminara) imbricatum imbricatum Klug, 1832

= imbricatum loeffleri Mandl, 1953

Studied material: Hasan-Langi, 2014 (Prov. of Hormozgan).

Citations: West of Dschas Morian (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1953 sub loeffleri ); Province Fars ( Mandl, 1953 sub loeffleri ); Bampour and Khash (Prov. of Sistan va Balouchestan; Mandl, 1967a).

Calosoma (Caminara) olivieri Dejean, 1831

Studied material: Posht Koh, Village, 2014 (Prov. of Hormozgan); (ZMTU): Dashte Arjan, 2012 (Prov. of Fars). Citations: Dschas Morian and Sabzawaran (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1953); Sarbaz (Prov. of Sistan va Baluchestan; Mandl, 1967a); Kashmar (Prov. of Khorasan; Ghahari et al., 2009b); Behshahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Ghahari et al., 2009b); Torbat-e-Jam (Prov. of Razavi Khorasan; Sadeghi et al., 2010); Zarand (Prov. of Kerman; Sadeghi. et al., 2011); Zanjan (Prov. of Zanjan; Samin et al., 2011).

Genus Callisthenes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820

Callisthenes (Callisthenes) persianum (Morvan, 1974)

Citations: Khash, Goshe, Taftan Mt, 2200 (Prov. of Sistan Blachestan; Morvan, 1974).

Callisthenes (Callisthenes) substriatus pumicatum ( Lapouge, 1907)

Citations: Western Persian Plateau of Zanjan-Ardabil Provinces, 1300 m ( Lapouge, 1907); Namin Village (Prov. Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013).

Callisthenes (Callisthenes) schelkovnikovi (Zaitzev, 1918)

Citations: Between Provinces Ardebil and Zanjan (Bousquet et al., 2003).