Brassicogethes prometheus Jelinek 1982
Creators: name: Lasoń, Andrzej
name: Ghahari, Hassan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Nitidulidae
Brassicogethes
Brassicogethes prometheus

description: Brassicogethes prometheus (Jelínek, 1982)
Meligethes ponticus Jelínek, 1982.
Distribution within Iran. Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Jelínek 1982b; Audisio 1993a; Audisio et al. 2000). Distribution outside Iran. Georgia, Russia, Turkey.
Brassicogethes viridescens (Fabricius, 1787)
Nitidula rufipes Fabricius, 1775; Nitidula azureus Heer, 1841; Meligethes pratincola Gistel, 1857; Meligethes virescens Thomson, 1862; Meligethes germanicus Reitter, 1871; Meligethes discolor Reitter, 1872; Meligethes coloreus Rey, 1889; Meligethes perviridis Reitter, 1896; Meligethes bohemicus Obenberger, 1914.
Distribution within Iran. Mazandaran, Tehran (Audisio & De Biase 1999; Audisio et al. 2000). Distribution outside Iran. Holarctic.
Genus Clypeogethes Kirejtshuk, 1979
Clypeogethes lepidii (Miller, 1852)
Meligethes subtilis Brisout, 1866; Meligethes hypocrita Brisout, 1867; Meligethes chalybaeus Reitter, 1871; Meligethes solitarius Reitter, 1872.
Material examined. Yazd, Kharanaq, 60 km NE Yazd, 9. v.2010, 2 spec., lgt. et coll. K. Orszulik. Distribution within Iran. East Azarbaijan, Kerman, Tehran (Jelínek 1981; Audisio et al. 2000), Fars (Audisio et al. 2000).
Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Genus Fabogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009
Fabogethes brachialis (Erichson, 1845)
Meligethes dives Reitter, 1872.
Distribution within Iran. Northern Iran (no locality cited) (Kirejtshuk 1977; Jelínek 1981 under M. opacus Rosenhauer; Audisio 1993b; Audisio et al. 2000).
Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine.
Fabogethes diversus (Schilsky, 1893)
Meligethes tschistyakovae Kirejtshuk, 1990; Meligethes yakushenkoi Kirejtshuk, 1992.
Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Jelínek & Audisio 2007).
Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
Fabogethes nigrescens (Stephens, 1830)
Meligethes subrugosus Stephens, 1830; Meligethes xanthocerus Stephens, 1830; Meligethes picipes Sturm, 1845; Meligethes funebris Förster, 1849; Meligethes seminulum LeConte, 1857; Meligethes saulcyi Reitter, 1872; Meligethes medius Rey, 1889; Meligethes pallipes Rey, 1889; Meligethes subsimilis Rey, 1889.
Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Jelínek & Audisio 2007). Distribution outside Iran. Holarctic.
Genus Genistogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009
Genistogethes carinulatus (Frster, 1849)
Nitidula eythropus Gyllenhal, 1808; Meligethes carbonarius Förster, 1849; Meligethes binodulus Rey, 1889; Meligethes coriaceus Rey, 1889; Meligethes crenulatus Rey, 1889; Meligethes misellus Rey, 1889; Meligethes pusillus Rey, 1889; Meligethes teter Rey, 1889.
Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Jelínek & Audisio 2007).
Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldavia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, the Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine.
Genistogethes zapparolii (Audisio, 1989)
Distribution within Iran. East Azarbaijan (Audisio et al. 2000). Distribution outside Iran. Syria, Turkey.
Genus Lamiogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009
Lamiogethes atrovirens (Jelínek, 1982)
Distribution within Iran. Golestan (Jelínek 1982a; Audisio 1988; Audisio et al. 2000). Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey.
Lamiogethes bidens (Brisout, 1863)
Material examined. West Azarbaijan, Ourmieh (1384 m), 2 spec., August 2008, leg. N. Samin, dep. SRIAU. New Iranian record.
Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine.
Lamiogethes brunnicornis (Sturm, 1845)
Meligethes letzneri Reitter, 1873.
Distribution within Iran. Golestan, Mazandaran (Ghahari et al. 2012 under M. brunnicornis). Distribution outside Iran. Whole Palaearctic Region.
Lamiogethes bucciarellii (Audisio, 1976)
Distribution within Iran. Isfahan (Sakenin et al. 2008a).
Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Turkey.
Lamiogethes dieckmanni (Audisio & Jelínek, 1984)
Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Jelínek & Audisio 2007).
Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey.
Lamiogethes difficilis (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes lucifer Reitter, 1872; Meligethes milleri Reitter, 1872; Meligethes parcus Rey, 1889; Meligethes schenklingi Reitter, 1919.
Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Jelínek & Audisio 2007).
Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
description: Published as part of Lasoń, Andrzej & Ghahari, Hassan, 2013, A checklist of the Kateretidae and Nitidulidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), pp. 101-122 in Zootaxa 3746 (1) on pages 111-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/224011