Scymbalium persimile CAMERON 1940

(Figs 2-4)

Type material examined Holotype: "Type [curator label] / Tanooma, Mesopotamia / S. persimilis Cameron Type / M. Cameron. Bequest B.M. 1955-147 / Holotypus Scymbalium persimile Cameron rev. V. Assing 2007" (BMNH).

Comment: The original description is explicitly based on a single "type" from " Mesopotamia: Tanooma" (CAMERON 1940). The species is distinguished from S. anale especially by the finer and denser punctation of the abdomen. For illustrations of the holotype see Figs 2-4. The male sexual characters of S. persimile are still unknown. This species has been recorded only from Iraq and South European Russia (SMETANA 2004).