Ophonus Dejean 1821
Creators: name: Azadbakhsh, Saeed
name: Nozari, Jamasb
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Ophonus

description: Genus Ophonus Dejean, 1821
Subgenus Ophonus Dejean, 1821
Ophonus (Ophonus) diffinis (Dejean, 1829)
Citations: 5 km East of Maku, 1140 m (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Wrase, 2005).
Ophonus (Ophonus) heinzi Wrase, 1991
Citations: Without exact locality (Kataev & Wrase, 2003).
Ophonus (Ophonus) laticollis Mannerheim, 1825
Citations: Samin & Sakenin (2014) cited the species from Nowshahr (Prov. of Mazandaran) but this record is dubious as in last Palearctic catalogue (Löbl & Smetana, 2003).
Ophonus (Ophonus) sabulicola (Panzer, 1796)
Citations: Distributed in north of Iran the caspian region. Miankouh (Prov. of Gilan; Salari et al., 2013); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).
Subgenus Hesperophonus Antoine, 1959
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) azureus (Fabricius, 1775)
Citations: Province Mazandaran (Chaudoir, 1842); Tschamestan (Prov. of Mazandaran; Jedlička, 1961).
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) convexicollis Ménétriés, 1832
Studied material: (ZMTU): Shiraz, 2010 (Prov. of Fars), Baladeh, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran), Jamal Abad (Prov. of Qazvin) and Quemsar, 2012 (Prov. of Esfahan).
Citations: Without exact locality (Sciaky, 1987); Without exact locality (Kataev & Wrase, 2003).
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) cribricollis (Dejean, 1829)
Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Province East Azarbaijan (Wrase, 2005).
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) rebellus (Schauberger, 1926)
Studied material: Kermanshah C. 2014 (Prov. of Kermanshah); (ZMTU): Karaj, Uni of Agriculture and Baraghan, River (Prov. of Elburz), Kolyak; 40km S Tavir; Kolijak and Firooz Kola (Prov. of Mazandaran), Ghole, Sabz, NW Shahr-e Kord, 2240 m (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari).
Citations: Distributed mostly in Center like Tehran and Esfahan and west parts of Iran. Astrabad (Prov. of Golestan; Kataev, 2001); Ayuriq Village (Prov. of Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) similis (Dejean, 1829)
Citations: Provinces Azarbaygan-e Garbi, Gilan and Khuzestan (Wrase, 2005).
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) subquadratus (Dejean, 1829)
Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars; Redtenfoacher, 1848); Province Fars (Wrase, 2005); Rostam abad (Prov. of Gilan; Salari et al., 2013).
Subgenus Macrophonus Tschitschérine, 1901
Ophonus (Macrophonus) oblongus (Schaum, 1858) Citations: Without exact locality (Kataev & Wrase, 2003).
Subgenus Metophonus Bedel, 1897
Ophonus (Metophonus) austrocaspicus Kataev & Belousov, 2001
Studied material: (ZMTU): Kolijak, 1600-1850 m (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Rasht, 650 m (Prov. of Gilan; Kataev, 2001); Chorteh (Prov. of Mazandaran; Kataev, 2001); Kopet- Dagh, Siaret, 1160 m (Prov. of Golestan; Kataev, 2001); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Wrase, 2005); Rudbar env. (Prov. of Gilan; Wrase, 2005).
Ophonus (Metophonus) cordatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Citations: Without exact locality (Kataev & Wrase, 2003).
Ophonus (Metophonus) davatchii (Morvan, 1981)
Studied material: (ZMTU): Takir; 15 km east of Baladeh, Valashid and 10 km West of Pol-e Sefid, 870 m (Prov. of Mazandaran).
Citations: Damavand Mt. Gosfand Sara (Prov. of Tehran; Morvan, 1981); Takir and 15 km east of Baladeh, 5 km West of Mesen, 10 km West of Pol-e Sefid (Prov. of Mazandaran; Morvan, 1981).
Ophonus (Metophonus) hittita Sciaky, 1987 Citations: Province Hamadan (Wrase, 2005).
Ophonus (Metophonus) israelita Brulerie, 1876
Citations: Provinces Azarbaigan-e Bakhtari and Hamadan (Wrase, 2005).
Ophonus (Metophonus) melletii hyrcanus Kataev, 2001
Citations: Gorgan, Astrabad (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014; Kataev, 2001).
Ophonus (Metophonus) puncticeps Stephens, 1828
Citations: Without exact locality (Kataev & Wrase, 2003).
Ophonus (Metophonus) rufibarbis (Fabricius, 1792)
Studied material: (ZMTU): Takir, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran) Citations: Without exact locality (Kataev & Wrase, 2003).
Ophonus (Metophonus) scharifi (Morvan, 1977)
= abalisensis (Morvan, 1977)
Citations: Ab-Ali Village, 2800 m (Prov. of Tehran; Morvan, 1977); Shahrak, 1800 m (Prov. of Gazvin; Morvan, 1977); Elburz Mts. R (Morvan, 1977).
Ophonus (Metophonus) sciakyi Wrase, 1990
Studied material: (ZMTU): Kolyak and Tavir (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Astrabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Wrase, 1990); Without exact locality (Kataev, 2001).
Ophonus (Metophonus) veluchianus (J.Müller, 1931) Citations: Province West Azarbaijan (Wrase, 2005).
description: Published as part of Azadbakhsh, Saeed & Nozari, Jamasb, 2015, Checklist of the Iranian Ground Beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 4024 (1) on pages 74-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4024.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/240494