Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874)

Geophilus signatus Kessler, 1874: 41

Literature records. Attems (1951): Koohrang Mountains ( Zagros Mountains), west of Isfahan (Isfahan Province) [“Kuhräng-Gebirge, 2500 m, westlisch von Isfahan ”], as Bothriogaster signata graeca . Zapparoli (1986): 4 ex., Ardakan (two localities), Fars Province .

New records: 2♀, 3♂, Marzanabad (Mazandaran Province); 2♂, Razmian (Qazvin Province); 1♀, Darband Mountain (Tehran Province) ; 2♀, Baladeh (Mazandaran Province); 1♂, Eivar (Mazandaran Province); 3♂, 1 juve- nile, Yush (Mazandaran Province) ; 1♂, Azkala (Mazandaran Province); 1♀, 2♂, Minak (Mazandaran Province); 1♀, Royan (Mazandaran Province); 1♂, Tochal (Tehran Province); 1♀, Taleqan (Tehran Province) .

Distribution: from the Balkan peninsula and Eastern Mediterranean areas, thorugh Anatolia and Middle East, to central Asia.