UNIVERSITY OF SINDH JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

Vol. 2, Issue 2, August, 2018

ISSN(E): 2523-6067
ISSN(P): 2521-8328  


THE FIRST TWO RECORDS OF TRACHYDERMA SPECIES FROM SEMNAN PROVINCE, IRAN

Dewanand Makhan

Willem Bilderdijkhove 19, 3438 PM Nieuwegein, Netherlands.


ABSTRACT

The first records of Trachyderma hispidum (Forskål, 1775) and Trachyderma philistinum Reiche & Saulcy, 1857 from Semnan Province, Iran (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae, Trachyderma) is presented here. The two Trachyderma Latreille, 1829 species were collected for the first time in Iran and is presented here. The specimens are deposited in the author’s collection.

Keyword

Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae, Trachyderma, new records, Iran.


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