Trachys, Fabricius, 1801

Ghahari, Hassan, Volkovitsh, Mark G. & Bellamy, Charles L., 2015, An annotated catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Zootaxa 3984 (1), pp. 1-141 : 113-114

Genus TRACHYS Fabricius, 1801

synonym: Phytotera Gistel 1856 .

* Trachys koenigi Reitter 1890c: 146 ; Bílý 1983a: 86; Kubáň 2006: 419; Bellamy 2008d: 2495. synonym: utschderensis Obenberger 1918a: 56.

Distribution within Iran. Fars ( Bílý 1983a), Iran (no locality cited) ( Bellamy 2008d). Distribution outside Iran. Russia (Kubáň 2006).

Note. Record for Iran in Bílý (1983a) is doubtful; this species occurs in the Northern Caucasus.

Trachys minutus ( Linnaeus) 1758 : 410 ( Buprestis ); Farahbakhsh 1960: 76; Modarres Awal 1997: 140; Kubáň 2006: 419; Bellamy 2008d: 2501; Barimani et al. 2009: 67.

synonym: mandjuricus Obenberger 1917c: 218.

synonym: reflexiformis Obenberger 1918a: 46, 65.

Immatures: Heyden 1862: 61; Marseul 1866: 507; Schiødte 1870: 360, 375; Obenberger 1918a: 45; Schaefer 1947: 166; Hering 1951:?; Yano 1952: 26; Bílý 1999: 41.

Biology/Bionomy: Maneval 1934: 115; Bílý 2003: 76.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Poplar ( Populus sp.), willow ( Salix sp., Salicaceae ), sometimes apple ( Malus sp.), sourcherry ( Prunus sp., Rosaceae ), and other fruit trees ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997). Distribution within Iran. Alborz ( Farahbakhsh 1960), East Azarbaijan, Guilan ( Modarres Awal 1997), Mazandaran ( Barimani et al. 2009), Tehran ( Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldavia, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Note. The records of Malus and Prunus as the host plants of this species in Modarres Awal (1997) are doubtful.

Trachys phlyctaenoides Kolenati 1846: 35 ; Kubáň 2006: 420; Bellamy 2008d: 2509; Barimani et al. 2009: 67, 2010: 131.

synonym: transcaucasica Obenberger 1924c: 57 , 420; Kubáň 2006: 50 (synonym of phlyctaenoides ). synonym: iranica Obenberger 1937a: 43 ; Bílý 1983a: 86; Kubáň 2006: 50 (synonym of phlyctaenoides ). Immatures: Zykov 1996: 1487.

Distribution within Iran. Fars, Khorasan, Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (as iranica ) ( Bílý 1983a), Mazandaran ( Barimani et al. 2009, 2010), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d). Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Note. The records for Bulgaria and Greece in Bellamy (2008d) are doubtful.

Trachys puncticollis Abeille de Perrin 1900: 14; Bílý 1983a: 86; Kubáň 2006: 420; Bellamy 2008d: 2514. Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 77 (subspecies rectilineata Abeille de Perrin 1900).

Distribution within Iran. West Azarbaijan ( Bílý 1983a), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006, Bellamy 2008d). Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia (p. puncticollis ) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

* Trachys quercicolus Marseul 1871: 80 (= 1872: 414); Radjabi 1968: 79; Modarres Awal 1997: 140; Borumand 2002: 51; Kubáň 2006: 420; Bellamy 2008d: 2514.

synonym: marseuli Brisout de Barneville 1874: lxx.

Immatures: Schaefer 1947c: 167.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 77.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Cold region fruit trees ( Modarres Awal 1997). Distribution within Iran: Lorestan ( Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002); Tehran ( Borumand 2002).

Distribution outside Iran. France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d). Note. Most probably a misidentification; this species is known from Western Europe exclusively.

Trachys splendidulus Reitter 1890c: 146 ; Kubáň 2006: 420; Bellamy 2008d: 2522.

synonym: cavatus Abeille de Perrin 1895a: xxiii.

synonym: ebenipterus Obenberger 1918a: 52; Bílý 1983a: 86; Kubáň 2006: 50 (synonym of splendidulus ). synonym: morgani Théry 1925: 81 , 177; Kubáň 2006: 50 (synonym of splendidulus ). Distribution within Iran. "Poucht-é-Kouch: Husseinabad" ( Théry 1925, as morgani ). Fars (as ebeniptera) ( Bílý 1983a), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Trachys troglodytes Gyllenhal in Schönherr 1817: 125; Bílý 1983a: 86; Kubáň 2006: 421; Bellamy 2008d: 2526. synonym: aenea Mannerheim 1837: 122 .

synonym: arbustorum Gistel 1857: 25; Kubáň 2006: 50 (synonym of troglodytes troglodytes ). synonym: vehemens Gistel 1857: 43; Kubáň 2006: 50 (synonym of troglodytes troglodytes ). synonym: puncticeps Abeille de Perrin 1900: 13.

Immatures: Schaefer 1947c: 166; Bílý 1999: 41.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 78.

Distribution within Iran. West Azarbaijan ( Bílý 1983a).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008d).

Note. Bracon (Glabrobracon) obscurator Nees, 1811 ( Hymenoptera : Braconidae : Braconinae) (2♀) were collected as the parasitoid of Trachys troglodytes in Ourmieh (West Azarbaijan province).