Hyperaspis reppensis ( Herbst, 1783 )

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 : 320

Hyperaspis reppensis ( Herbst, 1783)

( Figs. 9, 10 , 23 )

Coccinella reppensis Herbst 1783: 48 .

Chrysomela bipustulata Thunberg 1784: 13 .

Dermestes xanthocephalus Quensel 1790: 10 .

Dermestes marginellus Quensel 1790: 9 .

Coccinella reppensis Thunberg 1795: 111 . [Homonym] Hyperaspis subconcolor Weise 1879: 136 .

Hyperaspis occidentalis Fürsch 1967: 261 . [Homonym] Hyperaspis galliae Duverger 1989: 144 . [Replacement name]

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30°02ʹ23.9ʹʹN; 54°18ʹ30.4ʹʹE), Atraphaxis sp., Prunus sp., Pistacia sp., VI.2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari ; 2♂: Iran, Yazd province, Khatam (30°02ʹ23.9ʹʹN; 54°18ʹ30.4ʹʹE), Amygdalus sp., IX.2013, lgt. Mehdi Zare Khormizi, det. Canepari .

Distribution in Iran. Yazd ( Zare Khormizi et al. 2014), Lorestan ( Tavakoli et al. 2014).

General distribution. Iraq ( Ali et al. 1990), Israel ( Halperin et al. 1995), Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine ( Kovář 2007), Morocco ( Smaili et al. 2010).

Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Astragalus sp. ( Tavakoli et al. 2014), and recently from Medicago sp., Atraphaxis sp., Amygdalus sp., Punica sp., Prunus sp. and Pistacia sp.

Remarks. Specimens examined are deposited in Plant Protection Department, Lorestan University, Agricultural Faculty, Khorramabad, Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 13. Tegmen of the male genitalia of Hyperaspis species. 9, 10. H. reppensis (Herbst). 11. H. syriaca Weise. 12, 13. H. vinciguerrae Capra.

FIGURES 23 – 27. Dorsal habitus of Hyperaspis species. 23. H. reppensis (Herbst). 24. H. syriaca Weise. 25. H. transversoguttata Weise (female). 26. H. vinciguerrae Capra (female). 27. H. vinciguerrae Capra (male).