Buprestis, Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus BUPRESTIS Linnaeus, 1758

synonym: Ancylochira Eschscholtz 1829 . synonym: Gymnota Gistel 1834 .

synonym: Anoplis Kirby 1837 .

Buprestis salomonii ( Thomson) 1878 : 40 ( Ancylocheira ); Salavatian 1950: 7; Davatchi et al. 1959: 243 ( Ancylocheira ), 245 ( Buprestis salomoni ); Farahbakhsh 1960: 71 ( Ancylochira ; with mm. jacobsoni Obenb. , khosrovensis Obenb., nonfriedi Obenb., teheranensis Obenb.); Radjabi 1968: 70 (salomonis, with var. jakobsoni Obenberger ); Adeli 1972: 10 ( Ancylochira ; with mm. jacobsoni Obenb. , khosrovensis Obenb., nonfriedi Obenb., teheranensis Obenb.); Bílý 1983a: 56; Modarres Awal 1997: 133 (salomonis, with mm. jacobsoni Obenb. , khosrovensis Obenb., nonfriedi Obenb., teheranensis Obenb.); Borumand 2002: 41 (salomonis); Kubáň 2006: 382; Bellamy 2008b: 1068.

synonym: davidis ( Fairmaire) 1884a: 168 ( Ancylochira ).

synonym: nikolskii Semenov-Tian-Shankij 1889: 682.

synonym: wavrai Nonfried 1894: 45 ( Ancylocheira ).

synonym: denzleri Pochon 1972: 103; Kubáň 2006: 46 (synonym of salomonii ), 382.

[subgenus Orthocheira ].

Host plant(s) within Iran. (Adult) On Elaeagnus (Elaeagnaceae) ( Davatchi et al. 1959); Populus (Salicaceae) ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Adeli 1972), poplar ( Populus ) ( Modarres Awal 1997, mm. jacobsoni Obenb. , khosrovensis Obenb., teheranensis Obenb.); Oak ( Quercus , Fagaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997, m. nonfriedi Obenb.). Distribution within Iran. " Persien, Khosrova" ( Obenberger 1941, abb. khosrovensis, nonfriedi). Khuzestan ( Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Mazandaran ( Borumand 2002), Qazvin ( Davatchi et al. 1959), Tehran ( Obenberger 1941, ab. teheranensis; Salavatian 1950; Davatchi et al. 1959; Radjabi 1968; Bílý 1983a; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Iran (no locality cited) ( Richter 1952; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Note. Record for Quercus as a host plant in Modarres Awal (1997) is doubtful.

Buprestis humeralis Klug, 1829 : [no 25]; Kubáň 2006: 382; Bellamy 2008b: 1045. synonym: tarsensis ( Marseul), 1865: 178 ( Ancylocheira ); Richter 1952: 46. ( Ancylocheira ). synonym: robertsi Cobos, 1972: 30.

[subgenus Ancylocheira ].

Distribution within Iran. Western Iran (as tarsensis) ( Richter 1952), Iran (no locality cited) ( Marseul 1865). Distribution outside Iran. Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).