Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790)

Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4137 (2), pp. 239-275 : 245

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6072328
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scientific name	Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790)
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Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Bodemeyer 1927; Farahbakhsh 1961; Platia 2013a), Ardabil, Golestan, Sistan & Baluchestan, West Azarbaijan ( Cate et al. 2002), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Qom ( Platia 2013a), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997; Cate et al. 2002), Fars ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997; Cate et al. 2002; Nemati & Pezhman 2014), Guilan, Mazandaran ( Cate et al. 2002; Platia 2013a), Isfahan ( Cate et al. 2002; Bagheri et al. 2004a; Platia 2013a), Tehran ( Modarres Awal 1997; Cate et al. 2002; Platia 2013a), Iran (no locality cited) ( Khanjani 2006; Platia 2013a).

New materials. Fars (Mian Jangal, 10 km W Shiraz), Golestan (45 km E Minudasht), Hamadan (Razan to Damgh Road, 15 km W Razn), Isfahan (Mohammad-Abad), Kermanshah (Varleh; 5 km E Ghasr-e Shirin), Northern Khorasan (73 km E Minudasht) (Platia coll.).

General distribution. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands (Lanzarote), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Latvia, Lybia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ( Cate 2007).

References

Bagheri, M. R., Rajabi, Gh. R., Ardebili, Zh., Haghshenas, A. R., Hosseini Nia, A. & Poorghaz, A. (2004 a) Faunistic study of click beetles (Col.: Elateridae) in Iran. Proceedings of the 16 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, pp. 129.

Bodemeyer, B. von. (1927) Ueber meine Entomologische Reisen nach Kleineasien (1911), Ost-Sibirien, Schilka und Amur (1912), Tunis, Oasis Gafsa, Khroumerie (1913) und Iran, das Elbursgebirge (1914), Band IV, das Elbursgebirge, Iran, Kernen, A., Stuttgart. pp. 23 - 83.

Cate, P. C., Platia, G. & Schimmel, R. (2002) New species and records of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Iran, with a checklist of known species. Folia Heyrovskyana, 10 (1), 25 - 68.

Cate, P. G. (2007) Family Elateridae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 89 - 209.

Farahbakhsh, Gh. (1961) Elateridae (Coleoptera). In: Farahbakhsh, Gh. (Ed.), A checklist of economically important insects and other enemies of plants and agricultural products in Iran. Tehran, Iran: Department of Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture Publication, pp. 99.

Khanjani, M. (2006) Vegetable pests in Iran. Bu-Ali Sina University, No. 205, 467 pp.

Modarres Awal, M. (1997) Elateridae, In: Modarres Awal, M. (Ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran.

Nemati, S. & Pezhman, H. (2014) Comparing the pests and natural enemies fauna and determining the prevailing species in wheat fields under no-tillage and conventional tillage systems in Marvdasht region (Fars province, Iran). Journal of Applied Researches in Plant Protection, 3 (1), 1 - 17.

Platia, G. (2013 a) Click-beetles collected in Iran by the expeditions of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt with description of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae). Vernate, 32, 391 - 402.