Cerallus pilosus Reitter 1889

Abstract

Cerallus pilosus Reitter, 1889 Cerallus pilosus Reitter, 1889: 283. Material examined: Golestan province, Minudasht, 37°10′N 55°30′E, 2 exs, vi.2008; det. V. Švihla, deposited in NMPC. New record for Iran. Description. Fully black, only antennae, legs and elytra are bright yellow-brown. Top covered with long black hairs. Head tightly, pronotum finely, but stronger from sides, elytra rough and tight punctured. General distribution: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Georgia, Hungary, Russia (South European Territory), Turkmenistan.Published as part of Mirutenko, Vladyslav & Ghahari, Hassan, 2018, Contribution to study of the superfamily Cleroidea (Coleoptera) from Iran and adjacent countries: a checklist of Melyridae, Prionoceridae and Trogossitidae in Zootaxa 4378 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/116808