Hyperaspis concolor Suffrian, 1843

Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Fürsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4236 (2), pp. 311-326 : 315

Hyperaspis concolor Suffrian, 1843

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Hyperaspis concolor Suffrian 1843: 93 .

Distribution in Iran. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari ( Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997).

General distribution. Germany ( Klausnitzer 1985), Iran ( Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( Canepari 2004).

Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Echinops sp., Astragalus sp. and Quercus sp. ( Bagheri & Mossadegh 1997).

Remarks. We used the species descriptions and photographs by Bagheri & Mossadegh (1997) and Canepari et al. (1985) with some modifications.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Tegmen of the male genitalia of Hyperaspis species. 1. H. concolor Suffrian. 2. H. duvergeri Fürsch. 3. H. femorata (Motschulsky). 4. H. histeroides (Faldermann). 5. H. marmottani (Fairmaire). 6. H. persica Duverger. 7. H. polita Weise. 8. H. quadrimaculata Redtenbacher.

FIGURES 14 – 22. Dorsal habitus of Hyperaspis species. 14. H. concolor Suffrian. 15. H. duvergeri Fürsch. 16. H. femorata (Motschulsky). 17. H. histeroides (Faldermann). 18. H. marmottani (Fairmaire). 19. H. persica Duverger (female). 20. H. persica Duverger (male). 21. H. polita Weise. 22. H. quadrimaculata Redtenbacher.