Genus Patapius Horváth, 1912

Patapius sentus Drake & Hoberlandt, 1950

Patapius (Patapius) sentus Drake & Hoberlandt, 1950: 1 .

Distribution in Iran. Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1983).

General distribution. Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Palestine (Lindskog 1955).

Patapius spinosus (Rossi, 1790)

Acanthia spinosa Rossi, 1790: 224; Leptopus echinops Dufour, 1833: 113; Cryptoglena spinosa var. nigriceps Horváth, 1911: 369 .

Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan (Linnavuori 2009), Tehran (Hoberlandt 1983; Safavi 1984a; Modarres Awal 1997).

General distribution. Circum Mediterranean to Central Asia; imported (sustainably established?) in California and Chile (Péricart 1990; Lindskog 1995; Fent et al. 2011).