Hyperaspis persica Duverger, 1983

Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Fürsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4236 (2), pp. 311-326 : 318

Hyperaspis persica Duverger, 1983

( Figs. 6 , 19, 20 )

Hyperaspis persica Duverger 1983: 79 .

Material examined. 4 specimens: Iran, coll. Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, det. Fürsch. Distribution in Iran. Kerman (Duverger 1983) , South Khorasan ( Moodi & Mossadegh 1995). General distribution. This species has been reported only from Iran ( Kovář 2007) . Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Tamarix sp. ( Moddarres-Awal 2012). Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum of the Iranian Research

Institute of Plant Protection, Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Tegmen of the male genitalia of Hyperaspis species. 1. H. concolor Suffrian. 2. H. duvergeri Fürsch. 3. H. femorata (Motschulsky). 4. H. histeroides (Faldermann). 5. H. marmottani (Fairmaire). 6. H. persica Duverger. 7. H. polita Weise. 8. H. quadrimaculata Redtenbacher.

FIGURES 14 – 22. Dorsal habitus of Hyperaspis species. 14. H. concolor Suffrian. 15. H. duvergeri Fürsch. 16. H. femorata (Motschulsky). 17. H. histeroides (Faldermann). 18. H. marmottani (Fairmaire). 19. H. persica Duverger (female). 20. H. persica Duverger (male). 21. H. polita Weise. 22. H. quadrimaculata Redtenbacher.