Ceratapion (Echinostroma) scalptum caviceps (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870)

Ghahari, Hassan & Colonnelli, Enzo, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4759 (2), pp. 151-178 : 159-160

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3811587
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scientific name	Ceratapion (Echinostroma) scalptum caviceps (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870)
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Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Sanaei & Seiedy 2015, 2017), Fars, Kordestan ( Wanat 1995), Guilan, Kermanshah, Lorestan, ( Wanat 1995; Legalov et al. 2010), Northern Khorasan ( Wanat 1995; Hoseini & Dousti 2015), Tehran ( Borumand 1998; Legalov et al. 2010; Modarres Awal 2012, all as Apion scalptum ), Razavi Khorasan, West Azarbaijan ( Legalov et al. 2010), Iran (no exact locality cited) ( Dieckmann 1977 as Apion scalptum ).

New material examined. Lorestan province, Zayandeh Rud, 50 km N Kuhrang (Loc. 38), 2200 m, 3♂♂, 1.7.197 0, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha (NMPC - Národní muzeum, Praha, Czech Republic); Lorestan province, Aligudârz, N 33°21‘ E 49°48‘, 1♂, 7.VIII.73, leg. A. Senglet (MHNG - Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève, Switzerland); Northern Khorasan province, Bodjnourd, N 37°29‘ E 57°26‘, 1♂, 26.7.74, leg. A. Senglet (MHNG); Kordestan province , N. de Saghez, N 36°23‘ E 46°12‘, 1♂, 2♀♀, 18.9.75, leg. A. Senglet ( MHNG) GoogleMaps .

General distribution. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Pakistan, south European Russia, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Plant associations in Iran. Asteraceae ( Sanaei & Seiedy 2017) , Carthamus sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Borumand 1998) and surely occasional on Malvaceae ( Modarres Awal 2012) .

Comments. The nominotypic subspecies lives in western Mediterranean and in its southern peripheral area of cen-

tral Europe ( Wanat 1995; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017), whereas the subspecies caviceps is the one occurring in Iran (M. Wanat, personal communication).