Anthelephila ninus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)

Telnov, Dmitry & Ghahari, Hassan, 2018, An annotated checklist of the Anthicidae and pediline Pyrochroidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Iran, with thirteen new country records, Zootaxa 4497 (4), pp. 451-491 : 480

Anthelephila ninus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)

Published data. Iran (Сhandler et al. 2008, checklist).

New records. IRAN, Prov. W. Azarbaygan , 15 km E of Miyane 1100 m / 1999 . IV.30. leg. Székely K. (1 specimen HMNH); IRAN, Fars Province, Shiraz-Kazerun : 8km S Qa’emiyeh: Tangeh Сhogan, 880m N 29°47’43” E 051°37’15” 0 8.04.2006, lg. Frisch & Serri (1 MNHB) ; IRAN, Homozgan Province 9km SW Hajiabad 840m N 28°14’47” E 055°50’58” 22.04.2006, lg. Frisch & Serri (2 MNHB) ; IRAN, Tehran Province Damavand-Firuzkuh rd : 30km SW Firuzkuh , 2010m N 35°41’01” E 052°28’26” 21.05.2006, lg. Frisch & Serri (1 MNHB) ; IRAN, Ardabil Province Ardabil—Astara : 10km O Namin , 1520m N 38°26’58” E 048°34’08” 11.10.2011, leg. Frisch (5 MNHB) ; IRAN, Ardabil Province Ardabil—Astara: Namin—Abi Beyuglu , 1360m N 38°23’26” E 048°29’08” 11.10.2011, leg. Frisch (3 MNHB) ; IRAN, Lorestan Province 30km E Kuhdasht 1080m N 33°34’46” E 047°50’59” 17.10.2011, leg. Frisch (16 MNHB) ; IRAN, Ilam Province 10km S Ilam Сity 1300m N 33°34’15” E 046°25’04” 19.10.2011, leg. Frisch (1 MNHB).

Chorotype. Turano-Mediterranean (1.11 TUM) westwards to Сyprus, eastwards to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and not yet found in North Africa.

Phenology. April to October.