Ischnomera caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Asclera opacocoerulea Reitter, 1911 .

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Švihla 1983 as A. opacocoerulea), Mazandaran (Samin et al. 2015), Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Švihla 1992, 1996, 2008a).

General distribution. Caucasus, Europe, Iran, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan (Vázquez 2002; Švihla 2008a), Lebanon (Švihla 2011).

Chorotype. Turano-European.

Comments. Larvae develop in hollows of trees ( Aesculus, Acer, Fagus, Quercus, Ulmus), adults occur on herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees (Kubisz 2006).