Protapion assimile assimile (Kirby, 1808)

Ghahari, Hassan & Colonnelli, Enzo, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4759 (2), pp. 151-178 : 168

Protapion assimile assimile (Kirby, 1808)

Material examined. Fars province, pass 140 km NE Shiraz, 1♂, 20-21.iv.2002; Northern Khorasan province, road Shirvan to Zoeram, 1227 m, N 32°22’88’’ E 57°35’63’’, 1♂, 11.vi..2008, leg. F. di Cristina on Onopordum sp. ( Asteraceae ), E. Colonnelli collection. New record for Iran.

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine ( Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017), Iran (this study).