Penthicus persicus
Creators: name: Nabozhenko, Maxim V.
name: Mofrad, Farhad Eshraghi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Penthicus
Penthicus persicus

description: Penthicus persicus (Schuster, 1919)
(Figs 23–25)
Schuster, 1919: 31 (Lobothorax (Stonavus )); Kaszab, 1969: 452 (Lobodera); Reichardt 1936: 150, 151 (Lobodera (Stonavus), part, description and record for Luristan); Kühnelt 1957: 78 (Lobodera).
Type material. Lectotype (NHMB), ♂, designated here: “v. Bodemeyer Persien Luristan ”, “ persicus ”, “TYPUS”, “Sammlung Adr. Schuster”. Paralectotypes, 5 ♀♀ (HNHM): “ Persien, Luristan v.Bodemeyer”, “Emerich Reitter”, “ persic.” [handwritten by Andrian Schuster], “ persica Schust. det. Kaszab ”; 1 specimen (NHML): “Type” [printed, label circular, red frame], “ Persien ”, Staud. [handwritten], “ persicus ” [handwritten], “TYPUS [printed, label pink], “Sammlung Adr. Schuster” [printed], “Brit.Mus. 1961-449.” [printed], “ Lobodera persica Schust. ” [handwritten] det. H.Kulzer 195 [printed] 9 [handwritten]”.
Material. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZMMSU): Iran, Tehran Prov., “mont. Koroka 20 km prope Veramin. XI. 48 N. Aleksandrov” [distorted “ Qarah ”, from Turkic Karatepe (black hill), now Tehran Prov., Tappeh-ye Qarah ‘ Alī, 14 km W of Varamin, 35°25ʹ00.04ʺN, 51°31ʹ52.89ʺE]; 1 ♀ (ZMMSU): Iran, Qom Prov., “Persia centr. distr. Kum IV.1947 ” (leg. N. Aleksandrov); 1 ♀ (ZMMSU): Iran, Isfahan Prov., “Meime prope Kum Persia c. N. Aleksandrov ” (now Isfahan Prov., Meymeh, 33°26ʹ40ʺN, 51°10ʹ09ʺE); 1 specimen (NHML): “ PERSIA: [printed] ISFAHAN. 22.III. [handwritten] 1935. H.E.J.Biggs. [printed]”, “Brit.Mus. 1935.-398.” [printed]; 2 specimens (NHML) “ IRAN [printed] Kazerun 9 [handwritten]: [printed] IX [handwritten]: [printed] 60 [handwritten] E. S Brown [printed] 3074 [handwritten]”, “Brit.Mus. 1961-641.” [printed]; 1 specimen (NHML) “ IRAN [printed] Abadeh 5 [handwritten]: [printed] IX [handwritten]: [printed] 60 [handwritten] E. S Brown [printed] 3084 [handwritten]”, “Brit.Mus. 1961- 641.” [printed]; 2 specimens (NHML): “ IRAN [printed] Isfahan Kazerun [handwritten]: [printed] IX [handwritten]: [printed] 60 [handwritten] E. S Brown [printed] 3084 [handwritten]”, “Brit.Mus. 1961-641.” [printed]; 5 specimens (NHML): “ IRAN Kurdistan Marivan 12 [handwritten]: [printed] X [handwritten]: [printed] 58 [handwritten] E. S Brown [printed] 868 [handwritten]”, “Brit.Mus. 1961-641.” [printed]; 1 specimen (NHML): “ IRAN [printed] Isfahan Tustan 22 [handwritten]: [printed] ii [handwritten]: [printed] 1958 [handwritten] E. S Brown [printed] 43 [handwritten]”, “Gen. nr. Bioplanes [handwritten] E.A.J. Duffy det. 1961 [printed]”, “Brit.Mus. 1961-641.” [printed]; 1 specimen (NHML): “ IRAN [printed] Isfahan Tustan 22.ii. 58 [handwritten] E.S.Brown [printed] 43 [handwritten]”, “C.I.E.COLL NO. [printed] 10127 [handwritten]”, “Gen. nr. Bioplanes [handwritten] E.A.J. Duffy det. 1961 [printed]”, “Brit.Mus. 1961-641.” [printed], “ Lobodera corpulenta Rtt. [handwritten] DrZ. Kaszab det., 19 [printed] 61 [handwritten]”; 1 specimen (HNHM): Iran, West Azerbaijan Prov., Tabriz, 1600 m, 17.iv.1965 (leg. L. Matile); 3 specimens (HMIM): Iran, Esfahan Prov., 28.xii.1973 (leg. D Javaheri); 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZIN): Iran, Lorestan Prov., Dorud Distr., Cham Chit vill., 33°22ʹ39.27ʺN, 48°58ʹ36.85ʺE, 13.v.2017 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin); 15 specimens (HMIM): Iran, Hamedan Prov., Asad Abad env. (Asad Abad pass), 34°48ʹ15.5628ʺN, 48°09ʹ3.0708ʺE, 1700–1900 m., 24.iv.2024 (leg. F. Eshraghi Mofrad); 12 specimens (HMIM): Iran, Hamedan Prov., Razan city, Baba Nazar village, Boghati Mts., 2200–2300 m., 35°31ʹ47.6328ʺN, 48°41ʹ34.5948ʺE, 24.iv.2024 (leg. F. Eshraghi Mofrad); 1♀ (PCMN): Iran, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Prov., Kūh-e Denā mount., near Sisaht vill., 30°50ʹ49.1ʺN, 51°31ʹ43.1ʺE, 29-31.v.2023 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin); 1 specimen (HMIM): Bushehr, Jam, 620 m, 19.xi.1977 (Bar., Mof., V. Naz. [the names of the collectors have been shortened]).
Note. Reichardt (1936) erroneously determined P. iranensis sp. nov. and P. zarudnii sp. nov. as “ Lobodera persica ” in ZIN collection and incorrectly listed P. persicus for Kerman and Khorasan. Kaszab (1969) and Grimm (2015) also listed P. persicus from Kerman Province but we are not sure about the correctness of these identifications.
The specimen from Bushehr Province (Jam) is different from other specimens by sides of the pronotum, which are flattened nearly horizontally (not obliquely). A series of beetles is needed to establish the status of the Bushehr population.
Distribution. Iran: Tehran, Qum, West Azerbaijan, Lorestan, Kurdistan, Hamedan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Isfahan and Fars provinces.
description: Published as part of Nabozhenko, Maxim V. & Mofrad, Farhad Eshraghi, 2025, Progress in the knowledge of the genus Penthicus Faldermann, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini) of Iraq, Iran and Pakistan with descriptions of 17 new species, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 5573 (1) on pages 32-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5573.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14745717