Bruchidius virgatus (Fåhraeus, 1839)

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Abbaszadeh et al. 2016), Northern Khorasan (Kalantary & Sadeghi 2015; Abbaszadeh et al. 2016), Qazvin (Zarnegar 2014; Abbaszadeh et al. 2016), Tehran (Lukjanovitch & Ter- Minassian 1957.

General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Syria.

Host records. Astragalus citrinus Bunge (Abbaszadeh 2012; Kalantary & Sadeghi 2015; Abbaszadeh et al. 2016), Astragalus neo-mobayenii Maassoumi, A. ovinous Boiss. (Abbaszadeh 2012; Abbaszadeh et al. 2016), Astragalus avicennicus Parsa, A. askius Bunge (Zarnegar 2014), A. curvipes Trautv. (Fabaceae) (Kalantary & Sadeghi 2015).

Comments. Nikdel et al. (2016) recorded an unknown species ( Bruchidius sp.) from East Azarbaijan on Coronella varia L. and Onobrychis cornuta L. (both Fabaceae).