We reviewed the diversity of neotenic click-beetle tribe Drilini in Iran. Three species classified in two genera are known from that country: Drilorhinus klimenkoi Kovalev, Kirejtshuk, and Shapovalov, 2019, the only species of the monotypic Drilorhinus Kovalev, Kirejtshuk, and Shapovalov, 2019, and two species of the predominantly Mediterranean genus Drilus Olivier, 1790, i.e., Drilus iljini Barovskij, 1922, and Drilus iranicus Wittmer, 1967. All three species are endemic to Iran. We provide redescriptions of two Drilus species and discuss the head morphology and systematic placement of Drilorhinus.
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7 December 2021
Drilini (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) of Iran
Gabriela Packova,
Johana Hoffmannova,
Robin Kundrata
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 75 • No. 3
September 2021
Vol. 75 • No. 3
September 2021
Elateroidea
neoteny
systematics
taxonomy