First record and redescription of Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1835) from Kangohar Cave (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 1، دوره 10، شماره 2، اسفند 2014، صفحه 81-85   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v10i2.33595

نویسندگان

Meysam Dashan^* ؛ Saber Sadeghi؛ Yaser Bakhshi؛ Mohamadjavad Malek hosseini

Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

چکیده

The Ptinidae or spider beetles, is a worldwide family of beetles especially distributed in the subtropical and temperate zones including Iran. The species Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1836) collected from Kangohar cave in Fars Province, southern Iran, is described as new record for Iran with illustrations of adult as well as male and female genitalia. We regarded this beetle as a troglophile and guanophile species.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Iran؛ Ptinidae؛ Niptus hololeucus؛ Kangohar Cave