Ergebnisse der tschechoslowakisch-iranischen entomologischen Expeditionen nach dem iran 1970, 1973 und 1977. Coleoptera, Curculionidae: 1. Teil: Cleonlnae

Abstract: In the present paper are listed 28 genera with 92 species of the weevil subfamily Cleoninae from Iran. Especially well represented are genera Larinus (31 species) and Lixus (20 species). Five species are described as new to science: Larinus jelineki, Larinus terminassianae, Larinus affinis, Eurysternus vossi and Chromosomus persicus. Taxonomic position of the genus Entymetopus Faust in relation to the genus Eurysternus Faust is clarified. Geographic distribution of all species is given. On the other hand, there exists still many gaps in our knowledge of their bionomy. Most species belong either to mediterranean, or to central asiatic faunas. Hypolixus spec. aff. nubilosus Boh. and Neocleonus sannio (Herbst ) belong apparently to the sahelian fauna and occur – apart from south Iran – also in Africa and in Arabia. To the endemic Iranian south belong: Larinus chaldeus Petri, Larinus iranensis Voss, Isomerus pfaundleri Zumpt, Bodemeyeria plicata Reitter and Chromosomus persicus sp. n.

Key words: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cleoninae, Czech Iranian expedition to Iran, National Museum in Prague, Near East, Iran, faunistics, new species