RE- DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW SPECIES FOR IRAQ, Asiopertha nazarena MARSEUL, 1878 (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE,  RUTELINAE) FROM KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ

ABDUL- QADIR S.  KHIDHIR; REBWAR A.  MUSTAFA

doi:10.26682/cajuod.2020.22.2.23

ABDUL- QADIR S. KHIDHIR Insect Museum, Erbil Directorate of Agricultural Research,Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Kurdistan region-Iraq
REBWAR A. MUSTAFA Dept.of Horticulture, Halabja Technical College of Applied Sciences, SulaimaniPolytechnic University, Kurdistan region-Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26682/cajuod.2020.22.2.23

Keywords: Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Asiopertha nazarena Marseul, 1878, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Abstract

Depending on specimens deposited in the Insect Museum- Directorate of Agriculture Researches, Ministry of Agriculture & Water Resources- Kurdistan Region- Erbil- Iraq , a re- description of the new species for Iraq, Asiopertha nazarena Marseul, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was done. A detailed description of adults were presented and the important body parts such as mouthparts, antenna and male genitalia were photographed. All dates and collection locations were mentioned.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Baraud, J. 1992. Coléoptères Scarabaeoidead’Europe. Faune de France, 78: 1- 856.
Borror, D. J.; Delong, D. M. and Triplehorn, C. A. 1981. An introduction to the study of Insects. 5th Ed. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. 827pp.
Bunalski, M.; Samin, N.; Ghahari, H. and Hawkeswood, T. J. 2014. Contributions to the knowledge the scarab beetles of Golestan province, Northern Iran with checklist of Iranian Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Polish Journal of Entomology, 83 (2): 141- 170.
Koçak, A. Ö. and Kemal, M. 2009. List of the coleopteran genera and species recorded in Turkey based upon the Info-system of the Cesa. Cesa News 53: 1-212, 145 figs.
Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Géneraleet Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Families Naturelles des Genres. Vol. 3 F. Dufant, Paris. 387 pp.
Löbl, I. and Löbl, D. 2016. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 3, Scarabaeoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.
Ratcliffe, B. C. and Cave, R. D. 2008. A biotic survey and inventory of the Dynastinae scarab beetles of Mesoamerica, North America, and the West Indies: review of a long-term, multi- country project. Zoosystema, 30 (3): 651- 663.
Zorn, C. 2005. Taxonomical acts initiated during the preparation of the part of Rutelinae, tribe Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the “Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera”. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 68: 301– 328.