Karschia (Karschia) kurdistanica Birula, 1935

LITERATURE RECORDS: Birula [1935a]: 304 (Gebirgsland Kurdistan (Vorderasien), Umgebung von Kaniresch); Roewer [1941]: 111 (Kurdistan (bei Kaniresch)); El-Hennawy [1999]: 93 (Iraq?); Gromov [2003]: 83 (NE Iraq); Harvey [2003]: 286 (Sulaymaniyah, Iraq).

REMARKS: The species were described from Kani Rash [=Kaniresch] Pass, the border between Sulaymaniyah Prov., Iraq, and Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Prov., Iran, thus, its locality is indicated from both Iraq and Iran.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION: Iran and Iraq [Harvey, 2003].