Afrogethes schilskyi (Reitter, 1897)

Examined material. IRAN: Lorestan Province, Zagros Mts., SE Dorud, Oshtoran Kuh, 33°25'17''N 49°09'02''E, 1700 m, 14.VI. 2014, leg. P. Audisio, on Trichodesma incanum (Bunge) A. DC. ( Boraginaceae), 5 males, 7 females (CAR, HMIM, NMPC).

This species is known (under Meligethes schilskyi) from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with an old and doubtful museum record from N Algeria (Audisio 1993b; Jelínek & Audisio 2007). The species is strictly associated as larvae with members of the botanical genus Trichodesma R. Br. (Boraginaceae) . New country record for Iran .