Trachypteris, Kirby, 1837

Ghahari, Hassan, Volkovitsh, Mark G. & Bellamy, Charles L., 2015, An annotated catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Zootaxa 3984 (1), pp. 1-141 : 95-97

Genus TRACHYPTERIS Kirby, 1837

Trachypteris picta ( Pallas) 1773 : 719 ( Buprestis ); Théry 1925: 81 ( Melanophila ); Richter 1949: 234 ( Melanophila ); Davatchi et al. 1959: 247 ( Melanophila ( Trachypteris )); Adeli 1972: 11 ( Melanophila ); Modarres Awal 1997: 137 ( Melanophila ); Borumand 2002: 42 ( Melanophila ); Kubáň 2006: 388; Bellamy 2008 c: 1547; Sakenin et al. 2008: 32; Babmorad et al. 2012 a: 182, 2012b: 202 ( Melanophila ); Baiocchi 2013: 473; Afrouzian & Babmorad 2014: 554 ( Melanophila ); Babmorad et al. 2014: 555 ( Melanophila ).

Immatures: Richter 1949: 236; Alexeev & Soldatova 1968: 194 ( Melanophilini , diagnosis); Soldatova 1969: 14; Bílý 1999: 18.

Biology/Bionomy: Richter 1949; Akbarian et al. 2002; Sadeghi et al. 2002; Babmorad et al. 2008; Hashemi Khabir & Sadeghi 2012 a, b.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Populus euphratica ( Salicaceae ) ( Davatchi et al. 1959; Babmorad et al. 2012 a, b, 2014; Hashemi Khabir & Sadeghi 2012 b; Afrouzian & Babmorad 2014), poplar ( Babmorad 1993; Dordaie et al. 2000; Haghighian et al. 2006), black poplar ( Populus nigra pyramidalis ), white poplar, sind poplar ( Populus spp.), willow ( Salix sp.) ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Adeli 1972; Modarres Awal 1997), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae ) (Baiocchi 2013), Berberis vulgaris ( Berberidaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008); Populus alba ( Hashemi Khabir & Sadeghi 2012 a, b). Distribution within Iran. Alborz ( Babmorad 1993), Ardabil (Sakenin et al. 2008), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari ( Haghighian et al. 2006), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997; Dordaie et al. 2000; Borumand 2002), Isfahan ( Adeli 1972; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002; Babmorad et al. 2012 b), Kerman ( Adeli 1972; Bílý 1983 a; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Khorasan ( Adeli 1972; Bílý 1983 a; Borumand 2002; Babmorad et al. 2012; Afrouzian & Babmorad 2014), Khuzestan ( Théry 1925; Babmorad et al. 2012 a, b; Babmorad et al. 2014), Lorestan ( Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Mazandaran ( Bílý 1983 a), Qazvin, Sistan & Baluchestan ( Borumand 2002), Tehran ( Bílý 1983 a; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), West Azerbaijan ( Hashemi Khabir & Sadeghi 2012 a, b), southern Iran ( Davatchi et al. 1959), Iran (no locality cited) ( Richter 1949; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008 c).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic,? Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India,? Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco,? Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan; introduced: Chile (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008 c).

Trachypteris picta picta ( Pallas) 1773 : 719 ( Buprestis ); Richter 1949: 234 ( Melanophila ); Farahbakhsh 1960: 75 ( Melanophila ); Radjabi 1968: 73 ( Melanophila ; with abb.); Bílý 1983 a: 57 ( Melanophila ); Abai & Adeli 1984: 77 ( Melanophila ); Modarres Awal 1997: 137 ( Melanophila ; with forms); Kubáň 2006: 388; Bellamy 2008 c: 1547. synonym: leonhardi Obenberger 1924 c: 25 ( Melanophila , subspecies of picta ).

Host plant(s) within Iran. Populus spp., bark and sapwood ( Abai & Adeli 1984).

Distribution within Iran. Isfahan, Kerman, Khorasan, Khuzestan ( Farahbakhsh 1960), Lorestan ( Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997), Qazvin ( Radjabi 1968), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997), Zanjan ( Modarres Awal 1997), generally distributed ( Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India (Kasmir), Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Richter 1949; Kubáň 2006).

Note. Records for Khuzestan, Lorestan, Qazvin, and Zanjan probably refer to the next subspecies.

Trachypteris picta decostigma ( Fabricius) 1787 : 180 ( Buprestis ); Richter 1949: 231 ( Melanophila decastigma ); Salavatian 1950: 10 ( Melanophila picta decastigma , with abb.); Davatchi et al. 1959: 247 ( Melanophila ( Trachypteris) decastigma , as species); Farahbakhsh 1960: 75 ( Melanophila decastigma ); Radjabi 1968: 73 ( Melanophila decastigma ; with abb.); Adeli 1972: 11 ( Melanophila decastigma ); Abai & Adeli 1984: 48, 77, 109, 123 ( Melanophila picta decastigma ); Modarres Awal 1997: 137 (as Melanophila decastigma and picta decastigma ; with forms); Borumand 2002: 42; Kubáň 2006: 388; Bellamy 2008 c: 1549; Barimani et al. 2010: 131; Afrouzian & Babmorad 2012: 135 ( Melanophila decastigma ).

synonym: silphoides ( Schrank) 1789: 82 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: quatuordecimguttata ( Olivier) 1790: 89 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: consobrina ( Chevrolat) 1854 : 395 ( Melanophila ).

Immatures: Perris 1875: 392, 1877: 134; Soldatova 1969: 15; Bílý 1999: 19.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 75.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Salix sp., Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ), Fraxinus sp. ( Oleaceae ) ( Davatchi et al. 1959); Salix sp., Populus sp., Ulmus sp., Fraxinus sp., fruit trees ( Adeli 1972); black poplar, white poplar ( Populus spp.), willow ( Salix sp.), sometimes on ash ( Fraxinus sp.) and elm ( Ulmus sp., Ulmaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997); Fraxinus spp., Populus spp., bark and sapwood, Salix spp., trunk and branches, Ulmus spp., sapwood ( Abai & Adeli 1984); Populus euphratica ( Afrouzian & Babmorad 2012) .

Distribution within Iran. East Azarbaijan, Fars, Tehran ( Davatchi et al. 1959; Farahbakhsh 1960; Adeli 1972; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Isfahan ( Salavatian 1950; Farahbakhsh 1960; Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Kerman ( Salavatian 1950; Davatchi et al. 1959; Farahbakhsh 1960; Adeli 1972; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Kermanshah, Lorestan ( Davatchi et al. 1959; Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Khorasan ( Borumand 2002; Afrouzian & Babmorad 2012), Khuzestan ( Salavatian 1950; Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Mazandaran ( Salavatian 1950; Barimani et al. 2010), Qazvin ( Davatchi et al. 1959; Farahbakhsh 1960), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Borumand 2002), Yazd, Zanjan ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), generally distributed ( Abai & Adeli 1984), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008 c).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Morocco,? Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine; introduced: Chile ( Richter 1949; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008 c).

Note. Records for Fars, Kerman, Khorasan, and Sistan & Baluchestan probably refer to the nominotypic subspecies.