Trichodes sipylus praetentus Zimmermann, 1973

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Trichodes sipylus praetentus Zimmermann, 1973

Material examined. Kermanshah province, Kamyaran-Pass , 1950 m (Kermanshah), 29.VI.1971, Zimmermann leg. (1 ex.) TYPUS NHMW ; Fars province, Zagros Mts., 30 km S of Yasuj, Malashoreh pass, 1900 m, 24.V.2010, J. Simandl leg. (1 ex.) CIZ ; Isfahan province, 10 km S Sahreza , 31°45'N 51°49'E, 12.VI.1999, P. Kabátek leg. (1 ex.) CIZ ; Kerman province, Deh Bakri vill., 29°00'N 57°54'E, 2400 m, 26.V.2000, J. Klir leg. (2 exx.) CIZ ; Kohgiluyeh & Boyerahmad province, Kuh Gol near Si Sakht , 30°50'N 51°32'E, 2500 m, 9.VI.2010, M. Halada leg. (1 ex.) CIZ ; Lorestan province, Zagros Mts. , 25 km SE of Dorud, 4 km S of Darband vill., 2000 m, 6.VI.2010, J. Simandl leg. (3 exx.) CJS ; Lorestan province, Zagros Mt., Dorud env., 06.VI.2010, J. Dalihod leg. (8 exx.) CIZ + (2 exx.) CJB; idem, 16.VI.2011, (8 exx.) CIZ ; Lorestan province, Zagros Mt., Aligudars env., 04.VI.2010, J. Dalihod leg. (1 ex.) CIZ ; Lorestan province, 4–8.VI.2000, J. Klir leg. (6 exx.) CIZ ; Lorestan province, Dorud , 2700 m, 19–21.VI.1999, J. Klir leg. (6 exx.) CIZ + (1 ex.) CMM ; Lorestan province, Khorramabad env., 33°30'N 48°20'E, 23–25.V.2001, S. Prepsl leg. (1 ex.) CIZ ; Zanjan province, Pass N Sorkhed Dizaj, 1700–2000 m, 16.V.2010, G. Sama leg. (1 ex.) CIZ ; Zanjan province, SW of Sorkhed Dizaj Saqqez , 1830 m, 36°47'08"N 48°51'34"E, 3.VI.2011, D. Gianasso leg. (4 exx.) CIZ + (1 ex.) CDS .

Distribution in Iran. Fars, Kohgiluyeh & Boyerahmad, Lorestan, Qazvin ( Brodský & Winkler 1988), Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah (Zimmermann 1973), Zanjan.

General distribution. Iran, Turkey ( Löbl & Smetana 2007).

Note. The border line between this subspecies and the typical form is not clear because in many provinces of northern Iran the populations have characters of transition.