Coranus (Coranus) aegyptius (Fabricius, 1775)

Material examined. IRAQ centr.: Baghdad, without date, 1 ♁ 1 ♀, V. Kálalová lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); ditto, 19.ii.1957, 1 ♁, R. I. Borouni lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); ditto, 7.v.1957, 1 ♁, J. Kashkool lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC); Samarra, ii.1956, 1 ♁, A. Kamil lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC). SYRIA: Bahr Ataibe env. (? = Bahrat-el-Atēbe near Dimashk), 7.- - 10.iv.1952, 1 ♁, Coll. Am. Un. Beirut, K. Christiansen lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC) .

In the past, Coranus aegyptius was confused for a long time with the similar C. griseus (Rossi, 1790) . Both species were separated as distinct taxa by PUTSHKOV (1987). The true C. aegyptius is an Eremian species known to occur in northern parts of Africa (Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Cape Verde Islands,? Mauritania, Senegal, Chad, and Djibouti), Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan (PUTSHKOV & PUTSHKOV 1996). New species for Iraq and Syria.