Genus Ancistrocerus Wesmael

Ancistrocerus auctus (Fabricius)

Material examined: Azarbāijān-e Sharghi: Miāneh: Rāhāhan, 25.V.2003, leg. Abbāsi, det. Gusenleitner.

Ancistrocerus claripennis claripennis Thomson

Material examined: Ardabil: Moghān: 8.VI, 1961, leg. Damanābi, det. Giordani Soika. Remarks: Both species apparently are new records for Iran.

Also recorded from Iran, but not collected as part of the present study, are the species Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer), A. nigricornis (Curtis), A. parietinus (Linnaeus) and A. scoticus scoticus (Curtis) (see van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972).