Deronectes biltoni Fery & Hosseinie, 1998

Hájek, Jiří, Šťastný, Jaroslav, Boukal, Milan & Fery, Hans, 2011, Updating the eastern Mediterranean Deronectes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with the description of two new species from Turkey, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 463-476 : 472

Deronectes biltoni Fery & Hosseinie, 1998

The description of Deronectes biltoni was based on a small series of specimens introduced already in GUIGNOT (1958) under the name Deronectes vestitus (Gebler, 1848) . Specimens were collected in Ziarat, which was interpreted to be the village Ziarat in Khorasan Razni province, ca. 10 km NW of Shirvan, by FERY & HOSSEINIE (1998: 246). However, GUIGNOT (1958: 28) mentioned that the locality was situated ‘près de la mer Caspienne’ [= close to the Caspian Sea], but Shirvan is situated about 350 km from the Caspian Sea. GUIGNOT (1958: 28) also referred that specimens were collected by the Swiss entomologist Ferdinand Schmid, a specialist on Trichoptera. SCHMID (1959: Fig. 1 ) marked the locality Ziarat south of Gorgan (Golestan province), only ca. 35 km from Caspian Sea. In fact, we have found a place called Ziarat-e Khaseh Rud (ca. 36°43′N, 54°29′E), which is situated ca. 14 km SSE from Gorgan. Therefore, we here correct the type locality of D. biltoni to Ziarat-e Khaseh Rud in Golestan province. We assume that the distribution of the species is eastern Elburs Mts., instead of western Kopet Dag where it is replaced by D. nilssoni Fery & Wewalka, 1992 (see also under that species).

Figures

Figs. 1–2. Habitus, dorsal view. 1 – Deronectes adanensis sp. nov. (paratype); 2 – D. ermani sp. nov. (paratype).