Dicerca, Eschscholtz, 1829

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 : 74-75

Genus DICERCA Eschscholtz, 1829

synonym: Argante Gistel 1834 .

synonym: Stenuris Kirby 1837 .

synonym: Hemidicerca Richter 1952 . synonym: Tokaranodicerca Hattori 2004 .

Dicerca aenea ( Linnaeus) 1761 : 213 ( Buprestis ); Kubáň 2006: 347; Bellamy 2008b: 975. synonym: oxyptera ( Pallas) 1781: 70 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: reticulata ( Fabricius) 1794: 451 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: subrugosa ( Paykull) 1799: 218 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: cariniolica ( Fabricius) 1801: 189 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: scabrosa Mannerheim 1837: 54.

[subgenus Dicerca ].

Immatures: Perris 1875: 390, 1877: 132; Richter 1952: 121.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 56.

Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006) (see under subspecies validiuscula). Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Dicerca aenea validiuscula Semenov-Tian-Shankij 1896a: 319; Richter 1952: 121; Davatchi et al. 1959: 243; Farahbakhsh 1960: 74; Adeli 1972: 11; Abai & Adeli 1984: 15, 53, 67, 71, 75, 107; Modarres Awal 1997: 135; Kubáň 2006: 347; Bellamy 2008b: 977.

synonym: zicharevi Obenberger 1928a: 17 (variety of validiuscula); 1930b: 324 (subspecies of validiuscula); Richter 1952: 119.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Alnus sp., Populus sp., Juglans sp. ( Adeli 1972); alder ( Alnus sp., Betulaceae ), oriental plane ( Platanus orientalis , Platanaceae ), poplar, white mulberry ( Morus alba , Moraceae ), walnut ( Juglans regia , Juglandaceae ), willow ( Salix sp., Salicaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Modarres Awal 1997); Alnus spp., Juglans spp., * Pistacia spp., Platanus orientalis , Populus spp., Salix spp., sapwood, roots and trunk ( Abai & Adeli 1984). Distribution within Iran. Kerman ( Abai & Adeli 1984), Generally distributed ( Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), northern Iran ( Davatchi et al. 1959; Richter 1952; Adeli 1972; Abai & Adeli 1984), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Note. The record for Pistacia in Kerman ( Abai & Adeli 1984) is very doubtful; the record for Alnus ( Modarres Awal 1997) may refer to the following species.

* Dicerca alni (Fischer von Waldheim) 1824: 197 ( Buprestis ); Théry 1925: 80; Radjabi 1974: 39; Modarres Awal 1997: 135; Borumand 2002: 40; Kubáň 2006: 347; Bellamy 2008b: 977.

synonym: fagi ( Laporte & Gory) 1837: 103 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: sahlbergi Gistel 1857: 12; Kubáň 2006: 46 (synonym of alni ), 347.

[subgenus Dicerca ].

Immatures: Perris 1877: 133; Bílý 1982: 35; Gutowski & Lugowoj 1984: 132; Bílý 1999: 23. Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 57.

Distribution within Iran. "El Bourz: Talyche" ( Théry 1925). Golestan ( Borumand 2002), Guilan, Mazandaran ( Radjabi 1974; Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b). Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Note. The records from North Iran may refer to the closely related D. chlorostigma Mannerheim 1837 occurring in adjacent Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Dicerca fritillum Ménétriés 1832: 149 , 605; Théry 1925: 80; Richter 1952: 134 ( Hemidicerca ); Davatchi et al. 1959: 243 ( Hemidicerca ); Radjabi 1968: 71, 1976: 128; Modarres Awal 1997: 135; Borumand 2002: 40; Kubáň 2006: 348; Bellamy 2008b: 986; Barimani et al. 2009: 65, 2010: 131.

[subgenus Hemidicerca ].

Distribution within Iran. "El Bourz: Talyche" ( Théry 1925). Fars ( Radjabi 1968, 1976; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Mazandaran ( Barimani et al. 2009, 2010), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b). Distribution outside Iran. Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Dicerca scabida Marseul 1865:140 ; Richter 1952: 128; Radjabi 1968: 71; Modarres Awal 1997: 135; Borumand 2002: 41; Kubáň 2006: 348; Bellamy 2008b: 995; Barimani et al. 2009: 65, 2010: 131. [subgenus Dicerca ].

Distribution within Iran. Guilan ( Richter 1952; Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Mazandaran ( Richter 1952; Borumand 2002; Barimani et al. 2009, 2010), Iran (no locality cited) ( Marseul 1865; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).

Distribution outside Iran. Azerbaijan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008b).