Dorcus prochazkai Schenk, 2003

Bartolozzi, Luca, Ghahari, Hassan, Sprecher-Uebersax, Eva & Zilioli, Michele, 2014, A checklist of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3887 (3), pp. 422-436 : 430-431

Dorcus prochazkai Schenk, 2003

( Figs. 20–21 )

Dorcus prochazkai Schenk, 2003: 17 .

Examined material. 1 female, Fars: Zagros Mts., Sangar, 21.V.2009, J. Dalihod ( CLB) ; 1 female, Fars: Sepidan (from wild pear), 13.V.1995 ( CLB).

Distribution. Endemic to Iran.

Distribution in Iran. Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Schenk 2003), Fars (new record).

Remarks. Schenk (2003) described and illustrated this species from SW Iran (Buyer Amad [= Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad]: east Kuhgiluye, 5 km E Sisaht, 30.51ºN, 51.30ºE, J. Prochazka and I. Jenis); the same locality is quoted by Fujita (2010). Schenk (2003) compared his new species to D. vavrai , a species now synonymized with D. peyronis . Dorcus prochazkai is a rare and interesting species, endemic to Iran. Male specimens only have one tooth on the inner side of the mandibles, while D. peyronis has two teeth.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 27. 16 — Dorcus parallelipipedus (male), 17 — Dorcus parallelipipedus (female), 18 — Dorcus peyronis (male), 19 — Dorcus peyronis (female), 20 — Dorcus prochazkai (male), 21 — Dorcus prochazkai (female), 22 — Lucanus xerxes (male), 23 — Lucanus xerxes (female), 24 — Lucanus ibericus ibericus (male), 25 — Lucanus ibericus ibericus (female), 26 — Lucanus ibericus subvelutinus (male), 27 — Lucanus ibericus subvelutinus (female).