Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4137 (2), pp. 239-275 : 258

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4691C0A2-D698-4FA5-A48B-004231627A00
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6072569
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA5987D6-FFBD-2815-CEB0-5AF4C87EFB8A
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-07-11 06:27:14, last updated by Felipe 2025-01-03 12:12:20)
scientific name	Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) ( Modarres Awal 1997; Bagheri et al. 2004b; Khanjani 2006).

General distribution. Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine ( Cate 2007), Korea ( Platia & Han 2010); Nearctic Region imported.

Comments. Presence of this species in Iran is doubtful and needs confirmation.

References

Bagheri, M., Poorghaz, A. & Furlan, L. (2004 b) Efficiency of sexual pheromone of seven species of Agriotes (Col.: Elateridae) on attraction of many adults in different regions of Iran. Proceeedings of 3 rd National Conference on the Development in the application of Biological products & optimum utilization of chemical fertilizers & pesticides in Agriculture, pp. 515.

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.

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.

Platia, G. & Han, T-M. (2010) Contribution to the knowledge of the click beetles of Ullung Island (South Korea) (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 46, 121 - 125.