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Family: Carabidae
Size: 12.2 mm
Origin: Turkey, Caucasus
Location: Iran, Setid Rood Dam
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 13.V.1970
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 11.2 mm
Location: Iran, Sefidrud Dam
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 20.V.1972
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 13.8 mm (12.0 to 18.0 mm)
Distribution: Europe, Western Asia, Turkestan, Asia Minor
Biology: Lives in warm biotopes
Location: Iran, Setid Rood Dam
leg. V.1971; det. U.Schmidt, 1994
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 10.8 mm
Distribution: Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Location: Iran, Sefidrud Dam
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 20.V.1972
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 12.0 mm (11.0 to 14.0 mm)
Distribution: Asia Minor, Caucasus, Iran
Biology: Heat-loving, in steppe-like habitats
Location: Iran, Sefidrud Dam
leg.20.V.1972; det. U.Schmidt, 1994
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 11.0 mm (9.0 to 13.0 mm)
Distribution: Southern Italy to Asia Minor
Location: Iran, Damavand, Abgarm, 2100-2400 m
leg. V.1968; det. U.Schmidt, 2024
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 11.0 mm (7.0 to 11.0 mm)
Distribution: Caucasus region, Western Asia
Location: Iran, Sabzeva, Setid Rood Dam
leg. V.1971; det. U.Schmidt, 2024
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 10.5 mm (10.0 to 11.5 mm)
Distribution: Balkans, Asia Minor
Location: Iran, Gorgan, Gole Lovae, 750-1400 m
leg. V.1970; det. U.Schmidt, 1979
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 10.0 mm (9.0 to 12.5 mm)
Origin: Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Central Asia, Southeastern Central Europe
Biology: On sparsely vegetated dry sites
Location: Iran, Gorgan, 400 m
leg. H.J.Mager; det. U.Schmidt, 1984
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 4.5 mm (4.0 to 5.6 mm)
Origin: Southeastern Central Europe, Eastern Southern Europe to Syria and Western Asia
Biology: Unknown
Location: Iran, Gorgan, 400 m
leg. H.J.Mager, 1.V.1970; det. U.Schmidt, 1997
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 7.8 mm (6.0 to 9.0 mm)
Origin: From the western Mediterranean to the Middle East; from the Balkans to Hungary and Slovakia
Biology: Loves warmth in sunny but moist places. When harassed, a corrosive liquid squirts out of the rear end with a bang
Location: Iran, Rood-bar-Ghazvin, 1200 m
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 15.V.1970
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Carabidae
Size: 9.0 mm (7.5 to 10.0 mm)
Origin: Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, Western Asia
Biology: Loves warmth in sunny but moist places. When harassed, a corrosive liquid squirts out of the rear end with a bang
Location: Iran, Gorgan, 1000 m
leg.det. Mager, 15.V.1970
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Buprestidae
Size: 18.5 mm
Location: Iran, Ostan-e Markazia Tafresh, 10 km SW
leg. H,Muehle, 16.VII.2004; det. M.Niehuis, 2016
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Buprestidae
Size: 8.7 mm
Location: Iran, Kuh-e- Sorkh (west), Khorasan, Sabzevar, 80 km south, Albolag, 1500 - 1600 m
leg. H,Muehle, 30.V.2008; det. H.Muehle, 2009
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Buprestidae
Size: 7.4 mm
Location: Iran, Semnan, Alburs Mountains, 10 km east of Sharud, 2000-2100 m
leg. H.Muehle, 4.VI.2008; det. H.Muehle, 2024
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2024
Family: Glaphyridae
Size: 13.8 mm
Biology: The larvae live on sandy shores of bodies of water and feed on detritus, the beetles can be found on flowers
Location: Iran, Prov. Mazandaran, Firuz Kola-ye, 1500-1600 m
leg.det. A.Skale, 6.V.2010
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2023
Family: Carabidae
Size: 11.2 mm (9 to 12 mm)
Distribution: Southern Europe to Transcaucasia
Location: Iran, Gorgan, 400 m
leg.det. H.J.Mager, 1.V.1970
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2021
Family: Buprestidae
Size: 33 mm
Distribution: Iran, Irak, Turkmenistan
Location: Iran, Kordestan, Sanandadsch, 20 km W, 2000-2300 m
leg. Eckweiler, 13.VII.1978; det. H.Muehle, 2021
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2021
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 6.7 mm (6.0 to 9.0 mm)
Distribution: Palestine, Syria to Caucasus
Biology: The beetles live on Adonis species and crucifers, e.g. on rapeseed
Location: Iran, Rood-bar-Ghazvin
leg. J.Mager, 13.V.1970; det. Steinhausen
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2021
Family: Scarabaeidae (Melolonthidae)
Size: 15 mm
Location: Iran, Kohgiluye-va-Boyer Ahmad, Yazui, 2020 m
leg. H.Muehle, 19.IV.2011; det. Roessner 2021
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2021