Dicranocephalus insularis (Dallas, 1852)

Stenocephalus insularis Dallas, 1852: 482 (as new species); Stenocephalus bianchii Jakovlev, 1901: 203; Stenocephalus mairei Bergevin, 1930: 24; Stenocephalus elegantulus Villiers, 1950: 324; Stenocephalus alboscutellatus Villiers, 1956: 841; Dicranocephalus pilicornis Linnavuori, 1961: 83 .

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Moulet 1995; Linnavuori 2004), Kerman (Jakovlev 1901; Wagner 1968), Khorasan, Sistan & Baluchestan (Seidenstücker 1957; Kiritshenko 1966; Moulet 1995).

General distribution. An Eremian and Arabic species, widely spread in tropical Africa, and known in Oriental and Neotropical Regions (Galapagos Islands) (Moulet 1995; Dolling 2006).

Comment. Moulet (1995) considers D. insularis as a synonym of D. bianchii and Schuh and Slater (1995) as the synomyn of an African species they do not name.