Genus PEROTIS Dejean, 1833

synonym: Aurigena Laporte & Gory 1836 .

Perotis cuprata (Klug) 1829: No. 18 ( Buprestis); Théry 1925: 80 ( Aurigena); Richter 1952: 179; Borumand 2002: 39; Kubáň 2006: 349; Bellamy 2008b: 965; Ghobari et al. 2012: 237.

synonym: orientalis (Laporte & Gory) 1836: 4 ( Aurigena); Kubáň 2006: 49 (synonym of cuprata).

synonym: cuprea Hampe 1852: 311; Kubáň 2006: 45 (new assignment), 349.

synonym: capnodiformis Reitter 1883: 114 ( Aurigena); Radjabi 1968: 75, 1976: 129 (variety of cuprata); Modarres Awal 1997: 138 (variety of cuprata); Kubáň 2006: 49 (synonym of cuprata).

Biology/Bionomy: Richter 1952: 180 (with bibliography).

Distribution within Iran. "Poucht-é-Kouh: Arko-Waz" (Théry 1925). East Azarbaijan (Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Fars (Radjabi 1968, 1976; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah ( var. capnodiformis) (Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Kordestan (Ghobari et al. 2012), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Lorestan, West Azarbaijan (Borumand 2002), Yazd (Radjabi 1976), Iran (no locality cited) (Richter 1952; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Perotis lugubris (Fabricius) 1777: 236 ( Buprestis); Salavatian 1950: 9; Richter 1952: 180; Davatchi et al. 1959: 245; Farahbakhsh 1960: 75; Radjabi 1968: 75, 1976: 129; Abai & Adeli 1984: 105; Behdad 1988:?; Modarres Awal 1997: 138; Borumand 2002: 40; Kubáň 2006: 349; Bellamy 2008b: 966; Barimani et al. 2009: 65; Ghobari et al. 2012: 237.

Immatures: Mokrzecki 1901: 25; Reichart 1950a: 139, 1951: 87; Richter 1952: 181; Reichart 1953a: 71; Bílý 1999: 21.

synonym: laportea (Brullé) 1832: 133 ( Buprestis).

synonym: europaea Abeille de Perrin 1896: 273 (subspecies of aeneiventris); Kubáň 2006: 52 (available name), 349.

synonym: prolongata Obenberger 1918b: 21.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 68.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Rosa canina, abricotier, cerisier ( Prunus spp.) (Davatchi et al. 1959); apricot, sour cherry ( Prunus spp.), rose, dog rose ( Rosa spp., Rosaceae) (Farahbakhsh 1960; Abai & Adeli 1984), dog rose and other roses ( Rosa spp.), apricot, cherry, sour-cherry, garden-plum, plum ( Prunus spp.), apple ( Malus sp.), pear ( Pyrus sp.), quince ( Cydonia, Rosaceae), sind poplar, black poplar, white poplar ( Populus spp., Salicaceae) (Modarres Awal 1997).

Distribution within Iran. East Azarbaijan, Hamadan, Kerman, Lorestan, Markazi, Zanjan (Modarres Awal 1997), Fars (Salavatian 1950; Farahbakhsh 1960; Radjabi 1976; Abai & Adeli 1984), Golestan, Ilam, Kermanshah (Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Isfahan (Salavatian 1950; Farahbakhsh 1960; Radjabi 1976; Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Farahbakhsh 1960; Borumand 2002), Mazandaran (Barimani et al. 2009), Qazvin (Salavatian 1950; Farahbakhsh 1960; Borumand 2002), Tehran (Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Yazd (Radjabi 1976; Modarres Awal 1997), central provinces (Abai & Adeli 1984), northern Iran (Richter 1952; Farahbakhsh 1960; Abai & Adeli 1984), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Perotis lugubris longicollis Kraatz 1880: 142; Richter 1952: 182; Farahbakhsh 1960: 75; Radjabi 1968: 75, 1976: 129; Abai & Adeli 1984: 105; Modarres Awal 1997: 138; Borumand 2002: 39; Kubáň 2006: 349; Bellamy 2008b: 967; Ghobari et al. 2012: 237.

synonym: subcostata (Reitter) 1889: 281 ( Aurigena); Kubáň 2006: 52 (available name), 349. synonym: punctulata (Abeille de Perrin) 1896: 273 ( Aurigena); Kubáň 2006: 45 (new assignment), 349. Host plant(s) within Iran. Dog rose ( Rosa sp., Rosaceae) (Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997); Rosa spp., roots (Abai & Adeli 1984).

Distribution within Iran. Fars (Radjabi 1976; Borumand 2002), Kerman, Qazvin, Tehran (Radjabi 1968; Borumand 2002), Kordestan (Ghobari et al. 2012), northern provinces (Richter 1952; Farahbakhsh 1960; Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Russia, Turkmenistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Perotis lugubris mutabilis (Abeille de Perrin) 1896: 273 ( Aurigena); Bílý 1983a: 56; Borumand 2002: 40; Kubáň 2006: 349; Bellamy 2008b: 967.

Distribution within Iran. Fars (Bílý 1983a), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Bílý 1983a; Borumand 2002), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Perotis lugubris transcaspica (Semenov-Tian-Shanskij) 1891: 332 ( Psiloptera ( Aurigena)); Kubáň 2006: 349; Bellamy 2008b: 967.

synonym: guttipennis (Abeille de Perrin) 1904: 213 ( Aurigena); Richter 1952: 183 (morpha of malachitica Abeille de Perrin, 1896); Kubáň 2006: 45 (new assignment), 349.

Distribution within Iran. Southern-east Iran (as malachitica morpha guttipennis) (Richter 1952), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Turkmenistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Note. According to Kubáň (2006) P. malachitica Abeille de Perrin, 1896 is a subspecies of P. xerxes (Marseul) 1865, so the record of P. lugubris transcaspica in Southern-east Iran is doubtful. The records for Populus spp. as host plants (Modarres Awal 1997) are also doubtful.

Perotis xerxes (Marseul) 1865: 109 ( Psiloptera); Richter 1952: 183 (as morpha of chlorana Laporte & Gory 1836); Davatchi et al. 1959: 245 (as chlorana); Farahbakhsh 1960: 75 (as chlorana); Abai & Adeli 1984: 20 (as chlordna [sic!]); Modarres Awal 1997: 138 (as chlorana); Sakenin et al. 2008:34; Kubáň 2006: 349; Bellamy 2008b: 969.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Amandier ( Amygdalus sp.), abricotier, prunier ( Prunus spp., Rosaceae), Grenadier ( Punica granatum, Lythraceae) (Davatchi et al. 1959; Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997); Amygdalus spp., sapwood (Abai & Adeli 1984); Euphorbia peplus (Euphorbiaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008).

Distribution within Iran. East Azarbaijan (Modarres Awal 1997), Golestan (Sakenin et al. 2008), southern Iran (as chlorana) (Richter 1952; Farahbakhsh 1960; Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Marseul 1865; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Note. Records for Golestan and Euphorbia as a host plant in Sakenin et al. (2008) are doubtful, Euphorbia species are known to be the host plants for P. cuprata .