9) Aethus ostiolatus Signoret, 1882

Aethus ostiolatus Signoret, 1882: 433 (as new species).

Iran records: Hoberlandt 1995: 183 [under the name Aethus macrophthalmus Wagner, 1951, a junior synonym]; Lis 1999: 187, 2006: 126; Seidenstücker, 1957: 73 [under the name Aethus macrophthalmus Wagner, 1951].

Distribution in Iran: Abbassi, Baluchestan, Bushehr, Khuzestan provinces.

Distribution outside Iran: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen.