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Non sono piu' aggiornato con i cetonini dell'Iran, mi aiutate?
ciao, Guido

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
http://www.glaphyridae.com
http://www.scarabeidi.it

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

g. PROTAETIA Burmeister 1842

sbg. Calopotosia Reitter, 1898
ignisternum Reitter, 1891

sbg. Cetonischema Miksic, 1963
speciosa ssp. cyanochlora Schauer, 1941

sbg. Eupotosia Miksic, 1954
affinis ssp. pseudospeciosa Miksic, 1957

sbg. Netocia Costa, 1852
aethiessina Reitter, 1891
hungarica ssp. persica Kraatz, 1886
schelkovnikovi Zaitzev, 1918

sbg. Potosia Mulsant & Rey, 1871
hieroglyphica Menetries, 1832

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

But some new species were described few years ago from Iran by French entomologists, I think.

I have looked for new publications.At this moment, only this.

http://www.uschovna.cz/zasilka/AHAK5S87 ... ZRCSU76IUY

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Dear Jan, according to MAREK BUNALSKI1, NAJMEH SAMIN,HASSAN GHAHARI, TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD:
Contributions to the knowledge the scarab beetles of Golestan province, Northern Iran with checklist of Iranian Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera), P O L I S H J O U R N A L O F E N T O M O L O G Y, VOL. 83: 141–170 Lublin 30 June 2014

This is the checklist of the Cetoniini of Iran, quite large number of species ans soubspecie, some of them of very "ligh value"...

Subfamily: Cetoniinae LEACH, 1815
Tribe: Cetoniini LEACH, 1815
Genus: Aethiessa BURMEISTER, 1842
* inhumata (GORY et PERCHERON, 1833)
* mesopotamica BURMEISTER, 1842
* zarudnyi KISERITZKY, 1910
Genus: Cetonia FABRICIUS, 1775
Subgenus: Cetonia FABRICIUS, 1775
* aeratula REITTER, 1891
* aurata aurata (LINNAEUS, 1761)
* aurata pallida (DRURY, 1773)
* sexguttata OLSOUFIEFF, 1916
Genus: Heterocnemis ALBERS, 1853
Subgenus: Celidotella REITTER, 1909
* matthiesseni (REITTER, 1909)
Genus: Oxythyrea MULSANT, 1842
* cinctella cinctella (SCHAUM, 1841)
* cinctella taftanensis MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008
* funesta (PODA, 1761)
Genus: Protaetia BURMEISTER, 1842
Subgenus: Cetonischema REITTER, 1898
* speciosa cyanochlora (SCHAUER, 1841)
* speciosa jousselini (GORY et PERCHERON, 1833)
* speciosa speciosa (ADAMS, 1817)
Subgenus: Eupotosia MIKŠIĆ, 1954
* affinis affinis (ANDERSCH, 1797)
* affinis pseudospeciosa (MEDVEDEV, 1964)
* affinis pyrodera (REITTER, 1891)
Subgenus: Netocia COSTA, 1852
* aethiessina (REITTER, 1891)
* araratica (REITTER, 1891)
* asiatica (FALDERMANN, 1835)
* golestanica (ALEXIS et DELPONT, 2001)
* jakli (MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008) comb. nov.
* karbalayei (ALEXIS et DELPONT, 2001)
* khorasanica (MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008) comb. nov.
* schelkovnikovi (ZAITZEV, 1918)
* subpilosa (DESBROCHERS, 1869)
* trojana godeti (GORY et PERCHERON, 1833)
* ungarica armeniaca (MÉNÉTRIES, 1832)
* ungarica auliensis (REITTER, 1901)
* ungarica ignisternum (REITTER, 1891)
* ungarica persica (KRAATZ, 1886)
* vidua (GORY et PERCHERON, 1833)
* zagrosica (ALEXIS et DELPONT, 2001)
Subgenus: Potosia MULSANT et REY, 1971
* cuprea caucasica (KOLENATI, 1846)
* cuprea mehrabii (MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008) comb. nov.
* flutschiana (MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008) comb. nov.
* funebris funebris (GORY et PERCHERON, 1833)
* hieroglyphica depressiuscula (REITTER, 1891)
* hieroglyphica hieroglyphica (MÉNÉTRIES, 1832)
* keithi (MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008) comb. nov.
* splendidula diademata (REITTER, 1898)
* splendidula kermanensis (MONTREUIL et LEGRAND, 2008) comb. nov.
* splendidula splendidula (FALDERMANN, 1835)
Genus: Stalagmosoma BURMEISTER, 1842
* albellum (PALLAS, 1781)
Genus: Tropinota MULSANT, 1842
Subgenus: Epicometis BURMEISTER, 1842
* hirta suturalis REITTER, 1913
* senicula (MÉNÉTRIES, 1832)
* spinifrons REITTER, 1889
* turanica REITTER, 1889
* villiersis BARAUD, 1984
Subgenus: Tropinota MULSANT, 1842
* squalida pilosa (BRULLÉ, 1832)

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
http://www.glaphyridae.com
http://www.scarabeidi.it

I will check my collection next week... Have you a male with an aedeagus'photo ?

Pas de males...., merci

This interesting pattern is apparently Protaetia (Potosia) hieroglyphica depresiuscula (Reitter 1891)
This is evidenced by the large size of the prosternum and coarse punctures on the prothorax.
A fact indirectly indicates that the beetle set of Abr. Subspecies depresiuscula is a resident of the mountain forests (according Medvedev S.I.)

YES! I found an other specimen and it is a male!

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
http://www.glaphyridae.com
http://www.scarabeidi.it

Personally, I have almost no doubt about the ownership of these samples to P.hieroglyphica (ssp. depressiuscula)
New photographs can be clearly seen.
1 Skulptura elytraes coarsely punctured .... yes
2 White spots are narrow and have a large scatter ... yeah.
3 process of mesothorax has almost trugolnuyu form the "heart" .... yes
4 has a coarse punctures of the major points on the pronotum ... yes
5 vertex parameres "narrowed", the middle part is wider and the profile is narrow .... yes

All of these features are either absent. or are very weak in P. cuprea or P.cuprina.
Question by ssp.remain is not yet resolved. Exemplar by Guido inhabited too area from ssp. depresiuscula, but color from this exemplars not like the coloring depressiuscula s.str. rather resembling the nominate subspecies.
Color not fixed indication, it must be borne in mind.
Look at photo. Morphological details from P. hieroglyiphica.