Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810

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Genus Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810

Subgenus Dinodes Bonelli, 1810

Chlaenius (Dinodes) cruralis Fischer von Waldheim, 1829

= persicus LaFerte-Senectere, 1851

Studied material: (ZMTU): Kordak (Prov. of Qazvin).

Citations: Astrabad (Prov. of Gilan; Mandl. 1983); Moghan (Prov. of Ardabil; Mandl, 1983);), Astrabad and Kopt Dagh (Prov. of Golestan; Mandl, 1983); Basmenj Village (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Atamehr, 2013); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).

Chlaenius (Dinodes) decipiens (Dufour, 1820)

Citations: Without exact locality (Hieke & Wrase, 1988).

Chlaenius (Dinodes) huedepohli Mandl, 1983

Citations: Ziba-Kessar, Rasht (Prov. of Gilan; Mandl, 1983); 5 km West of Samsuni 5- 6.6.2008 3500 m (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari; Anichtchenko, 2008).

Chlaenius (Dinodes) viridis ( Ménétriés, 1832)

Citations: Without exact locality (Mandl, 1983).

Subgenus Chlaeniellus Reitter, 1908

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) extensus Mannerheim, 1825

Citations: Without exact locality (Kirschenhofer, 1985); Shiraz (Prov. of Fars; Mohammadzadehfard, 2005).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) flavipes Ménétriés, 1832

Studied material: (ZMTU): Damavand, 2008 (Prov. of Tehran), Dohezar River, 2008 (Prov. of Mazandarn) and Khane Zenian, 2010 (Prov. of Fars).

Citations: Pirbakran (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) intermedius Chaudoir, 1856 = fulvipes Chaudoir, 1842

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kirschenhofer, 2003); Basmenj Village (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Atamehr, 2013).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) koenigi Semenov, 1888

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kirschenhofer, 2003).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) laetiusculus Chaudoir, 1856 = rapylii Morvan 1975

Citations: IranShahr (Prov. of Sistan va Balochestan; Morvan, 1975).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) latithorax Mannerheim, 1844 Citations : Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1844).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) nigricornis Fabricius, 1787

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) nitidulus Schrank, 1781

Studied material: (ZMTU): Astaneh, Safid Rud (Prov. of Gilan). Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) syriacus Chaudoir, 1876

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kirschenhofer, 2003).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) tenuilimbatus Ballion, 1871

Citations: Lurestan (Prov. of Lolrestan; Mandl, 1983); Elburz Mts. R (Mandl, 1983).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) tibialis Dejean, 1826

Studied material: (ZMTU): Astane, 2008 (Prov. of Gilan). Citations: Without exact locality ( Kirschenhofer, 2003).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) tristis tristis (Schaller, 1783)

Citations: Keretsch, West of Tehran (Prov. of Tehran; Mandl, 1967b); Nowshaht (Prov. of Azerbaijan; Gueorguiev, 2011).

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) vestitus (Paykull, 1790)

Studied material: Khirood forest and Siah bishe (prov,. Mazandaran).

Citations: Distributed all over country. Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Qualeh-e Asghard (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963); Pirbakran (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963); SultanAbad, Arak (Prov. of Markazi; Mandl, 1991); Province Gilan ( Salari et al., 2012); Shiran Village (Prov. of Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014); Siah-Bisheh (prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al., 2015).

Subgenus Agostenus Fischer von Waldheim, 1829

Chlaenius (Agostenus) alutaceus Gebler, 1829

Citations: Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1844); Shazawar (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1983); Dagestan (Prov. of Golestan; Mandl, 1983); Talysh (Prov. of Gilan; Mandl, 1983); Province Giyla ( Salari et al., 2012).

Subgenus Epomis Bonelli, 1810

Chlaenius (Epomis) circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812 Citations : Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842).

Subgenus Pseodochlaeniellus Jeannel, 1949

Chlaenius (Pseodochlaeniellus) iranensis Kirschenhofer, 1998 Citations : Minab (Prov. of Hormozgan; Kirschenhofer, 1998).

Chlaenius (Pseodochlaeniellus) puncticollis Dejean, 1826 = persicus Jedllicka, 1968

jedlickai Mandl, 1991

Studied material: Geno, 2015 (Prov. of Hormozgan). Citations: Minab (Prov. of Hormozgan; Jedlička, 1968).

Subgenus Chlaeniostenodes Basilewsky, 1953

Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenodes) canariensis persicus Redtenfoacher, 1850

= persicus Morvan, 1975

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Isin (Prov. of Hormozgan; Morvan, 1974). Note: Ghahari et al. (2010) cited the species from Amol (Prov. of Mazandaran), Also Ghahari et al. (2009b) cited the species from Babol (Prov. of Mazandaran). This subspecies is known only from South of Iran so that this citation very probably belongs to C. flavipes , and it has been another misdiagnosis of this author.

Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenodes) canariensis seminitidus Chaudoir, 1856 Studied material: Bandar Abbas, 2014 (Prov. of Hormozgan).

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kirschenhofer, 2003).

Subgenus Chlaenites Motschulsky, 1860

Chlaenius (Chlaenites) spoliatus spoliatus Rossi, 1792

Studied material: (ZMTU): Khane Zenian, 2010 (Prov. of Tehran) and Shahre Kord, 2012 (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari).

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Babol (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1963); Province Gilan ( Salari et al., 2012).

Subgenus Amblygenius LaFerte-Senectere, 1851

Chlaenius (Amblygenius) dimidiatus Chaudoir, 1842

Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran).

Citations: Province Gilan ( Salari et al., 2012); Aras Baran (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Ghahari et al., 2010); Khirood forest, NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al., 2015).

Subgenus Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810

Chlaenius (Chlaenius) festivus festivus Panzer, 1796

Studied material: Lale Zar. 2014. (prov,. of Kerman) and Khirood Forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran); (ZMTU): Shahre Kord, 2012 (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari).

Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Sabzawaran and Qualeh-e Asghard (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963); Pirbakran (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963); Zanjan (Prov. of Zanjan; Mandl, 1963); Province Gilan ( Salari et al., 2012); Basmenj Village (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Atamehr, 2013).

Subgenus Stenochlaenius Reitter, 1908

Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) coeruleus (Steven, 1809) Citations : Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848).

Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) dostojevskji Tschitschérine, 1895

Studied material: Koh paye, 2014 (Prov. of Kerman); Haji Abad, 2014- 2015 (Prov. of Hormozgan). Citation: Bandar Abbas (Prov. of Hormozgan; Mandl, 1972a); Without exact locality ( Kirschenhofer, 2003).

Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) lederi Reitter, 1888 = picicornis (Mandl, 1972)

Citations: SultanAbad, Arak (Prov. of Markazi; Mandl, 1972a).

Subgenus Trichochlaenius Seidlitz, 1887

Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) aeneocephalus aeneocephalus Dejean, 1826 Studied material: Khirood forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran); (ZMTU): Karaj, University of Agriculture (Prov. of Elburz), Kolijak and 40 km S Tavir (Prov. of Mazandaran).

Citations: Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014); Khirood forest, NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al., 2015).

Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) gotschii Chaudoir, 1846 = angusticollis Mannerheim, 1844

Citations: Astrabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Chaudoir, 1844).

Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) steveni Quensel, 1806

Citations: Samin & Sakenin (2014) cited the species from Savadkooh (Prov. of Mazandaran), but this record is dubious as in the last Palearctic catalogue.

Subgenus Lithochlaenius Kryzhanovskij, 1976

Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) asara Kirschenhofer, 2014

Citations: Elburz Mts. R, btw Karaj and Chalus, Asara env., 1900 - 2050 m (Prov. of Elburz; Kirschenhofer, 2014).