Coraebus, Gory & Laporte, 1839

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 : 99-101

Genus CORAEBUS Gory & Laporte, 1839

synonym: Coroebus Agassiz 1846 (unjustified emendation).

synonym: Coraegrilus Fairmaire 1889 . synonym: Negreia Cobos 1962 .

Coraebus elatus ( Fabricius) 1787 : 184 ( Buprestis ); Théry 1925: 81; Borumand 2002: 48; Kubáň 2006: 409; Bellamy 2008c: 1806; Sakenin et al. 2008: 37; Barimani et al. 2009: 67, 2010: 131; Havaskary et al. 2012: 1. synonym: sinuatus (Creutzer) in Panzer 1796: 13 ( Buprestis , preoccupied by sinuatus Olivier 1790 ). synonym: aeruginosus ( Latreille) 1804: 69 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: lampsanae ( Bonelli) 1812: 176 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: metallicus Gory & Laporte 1839: 14.

synonym: pruinosus Küster 1846: 53.

synonym: subfasciatus Küster 1846: 54.

synonym: cylindraceus Abeille de Perrin 1896: 279.

synonym: protensulus Obenberger 1934g: 826 (nomen novum for cylindraceus Abeille de Perrin 1896, superfluous name).

Immatures: Falcoz 1923: 247 (as sinuatus ); Bílý 1999: 31.

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 53.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Syringa vulgaris (Oleaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008). Distribution within Iran. "Chaldée persane: Tidar" ( Théry 1925). East Azarbaijan ( Havaskary et al. 2012), Golestan ( Borumand 2002), Mazandaran ( Barimani et al. 2009, 2010), Semnan (Sakenin et al. 2008), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c). Note. The record of Syringa vulgaris as a host of this species is doubtful; C. elatus is associated with herbaceous Rosaceae ( Bílý 2003) and known as a pest of garden strawberry.

Coraebus fasciatus ( Villers) 1789 : 339 ( Buprestis ); Farahbakhsh 1960: 74; Adeli 1972: 11; Radjabi 1974: 38; Abai & Adeli 1984: 91; Modarres Awal 1997: 135; Borumand 2002: 48; Kubáň 2006: 51 (valid name), 410; Bellamy 2008c: 1809.

synonym: bifasciatus ( Olivier) 1790: 46 ( Buprestis , preoccupied by bifasciatus Thunberg 1787). synonym: florentinus ( Herbst) 1801: 178 ( Buprestis ).

synonym: trifasciatus Regimbeau 1876: 65, 81 teste Théry 1930b: 386.

Immatures: Perris 1875: 398 (as bifasciatus), 1877: 140; Gebhardt 1930: 151; Soria & Ocete 1989: 144, 1990: 245, 1992a: 377, 1992b: 385, 1992c: 71, 1992d: 161, 1993: 27; Bílý 1999: 31 (as florentinus). Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 53 (as florentinus).

Host plant(s) within Iran. Oak ( Quercus sp., Fagaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Adeli 1972; Abai & Adeli 1984, buds; Modarres Awal 1997).

Distribution within Iran. Kermanshah ( Farahbakhsh 1960; Adeli 1972; Modarres Awal 1997), Khuzestan ( Radjabi 1974; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), western provinces ( Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c).

Distribution outside Iran. Algeria, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c).

Coraebus rubi ( Linnaeus) 1767 : 661 ( Buprestis ); Radjabi 1974: 39; Bílý 1983a: 85; Modarres Awal 1997: 135; Borumand 2002: 49; Kubáň 2006: 411; Bellamy 2008c: 1822; Sakenin et al. 2008: 33; Barimani et al. 2009: 67, 2010: 131.

synonym: nebulosus ( Scopoli) 1772: 104 ( Mordella ).

Biology/Bionomy: Bílý 2003: 54.

Host plant(s) within Iran. Cephalaria syriaca (Dipsacaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008).

Distribution within Iran. Guilan ( Bílý 1983a; Sakenin et al. 2008), Mazandaran ( Radjabi 1974; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002; Barimani et al. 2009, 2010), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008c).