Meharia tancredii Sutton, 1963

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Meharia tancredii Sutton, 1963

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Meharia tancredii Sutton, 1963 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 66 (13): 365.

LT: Meyan Kaleh peninsula [N Iran]. Type material (holotype) in BMNH .

Material examined. BMNH: 1 ♂ (holotype), South Caspian , Iran, 16.ix.1961, Meyan Kaleh (= Miankaleh) Peninsula, leg. S. L. Sutton.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality ( Yakovlev & Saldaitis 2008).

Distribution in Iran. Miankaleh (Mazandaran Prov.) ( Sutton 1963) ( Fig. 24A ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A) Meharia tancredii Sutton, male (holotype). B) Dyspessa albosignata Rothschild, male. C) D. alipanahae Yakovlev, female (paratype). D) D. alpherakyi (Christoph in Romanoff), male. E) D. ariadne Yakovlev, male (holotype). F) D. artemis Yakovlev, male (scale bar= 10.0 mm).

FIGURE 24. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Meharia tancredii Sutton. B) Dyspessa albosignata Rothschild. C) Dyspessa alipanahae Yakovlev. D) Dyspessa alpherakyi (Christoph in Romanoff). E) Dyspessa ariadne Yakovlev. F) Dyspessa artemis Yakovlev.