22) Byrsinus rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874)

Cydnus rugosus Jakovlev, 1874b: 235 (as new species).

Byrsinus rugosus: Lis 1993b: 91 (new combination).

Iran records: Hoberlandt 1995: 190 [under the combination Aethus rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874)]; Lis 1999: 194, 2006: 130; Modarres-Awal, 1996a: 126, 1997: 71 [both as Aethus rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874)]; Wagner, 1968: 437.

Distribution in Iran: Abbassi, Hormozgan, Khorasan provinces.

Distribution outside Iran: Afghanistan, Armenia (?), Azerbaidjan, China (Neimenggu, Xinjiang), Egypt, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia (South European Territory), Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Comment: Safavi (1959) reported Aethus flavicornis (Fabricius) from Iran (Khuzestan province). Because specimen(s) were not available to us, we do not know if the involved species is Byrsinus flavicornis (Fabricius, 1794) or B. rugosus (Jakovlev, 1874) .