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18 December 2015 Somocoelia triplehorni Merkl and Egorov (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), the First Species of Platyscelidini in Iran
O. Merkl, L. V. Egorov
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Abstract

Somocoelia triplehorni Merkl and Egorov, new species, is described from Iran (Eastern Alborz Mts.). This is the first species of the tribe Platyscelidini from Iran. Somocoelia gracilipesKaszab, 1940, new status, is re-elevated to species rank.

O. Merkl and L. V. Egorov "Somocoelia triplehorni Merkl and Egorov (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), the First Species of Platyscelidini in Iran," The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(mo14), 73-77, (18 December 2015). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.73
Received: 27 July 2015; Accepted: 4 November 2015; Published: 18 December 2015
KEYWORDS
Alborz
Chuck Triplehorn
darkling beetles
Golestan
new species
taxonomy
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