Abstract
A new species of Mylabris of the nominate subgenus is described and figured. This species is apparently endemic to the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman and seems to be phenetically very distinct from all other species of this subgenus, primarily because of the unique elytral pattern. A key to the species of the nominate subgenus distributed in Iran is also presented.
Highlights
The Meloidae of the Middle East remain poorly studied even though this area is one of the most interesting of the Palaearctic region from biogeographic and taxonomic points of view
In order to help with the identification of the Iranian species of the subgenus Mylabris, we provide a key to its species recorded in Iran
The type specimens were previously identified by Zoltán Kaszab, the late Hungarian specialist of Meloidae, as “Mylabris biguttata Gebler”, a species which belongs to the mylabrine genus Hycleus, but has a similar elytral pattern
Summary
The Meloidae of the Middle East remain poorly studied even though this area is one of the most interesting of the Palaearctic region from biogeographic and taxonomic points of view.
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