a new species of the family glaphyridae, pygopleurus deuvei sp. n., is described from iran and compared with its closely-related species. this species was collected during a joint expedition conducted by musã©um national d’histoire naturelle, paris (mnhn) and insect taxonomy research department, iranian research institute of plant protection, iran in june 2002. moreover, a list of the iranian...

new distributional data are given for 27 species of iranian glaphyridae. two of them, glaphyrus calvaster zaitzev, 1923, and pygopleurus transcaucasicus (petrovitz, 1962), are recorded from iran for the first time. further data on glaphyridae species and their status in iran is provided.

The genus Pygopleurus includes some of the most important beetle pollinators Eastern Mediterranean islands, showing a particular affinity to red-guild flowers. Focussing on Aegean Archipelago, 75 individuals belonging five species were sampled and screened for two mtDNA loci (COI 16S). phylogenetic analysis implemented both by Bayesian Maximum Likelihood approaches, showed deep robust structure...

The Serbian fauna of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea is relatively well-known compared to neighbouring countries. Many common species known from Serbia’s countries are not recorded in Serbia, despite richness country’s habitats, such as high-mountain meadows, pastures, deep gorges, riverbanks (including exceptionally valuable sandy banks Danube) and old forests. Therefore, we aim supplement curre...