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AMADOR VIÑOLAS (*) - HASSAN GHAHARI (**) (°)

A CHECKLIST OF PTINIDAE (COLEOPTERA BOSTRICHOIDEA) OF IRAN
(*) Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Avda, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona,
Spain. E-mail: av.rodama@gmail.com
(**) Young Researchers and Elites Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: hghahari@yahoo.com
(°) Correspondence: hghahari@yahoo.com

Viñolas A., Ghahari H. – A checklist of Ptinidae (Coleoptera Bostrichoidea) of Iran.
The fauna of Iranian Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) is summarized. In total 43 species belonging to 21 genera and 8 subfamilies are listed: Anobiinae (7 genera, 10 species), Dorcatominae (1 genus, 1 species), Ernobiinae (3 genera, 4 species), Eucradinae (2 genera, 2 species), Gibbiinae (1 genus, 3 species), Ptilininae (2 genera, 5 species), Ptininae
(3 genera, 8 species) and Xyletininae (2 genera, 10 species). Four species, Gastrallus pubens Fairmaire, 1875, Priobium
carpini Herbst, 1793 (Anobiinae), Hyperisus plumbeum (Illiger, 1801) (Ernobiinae), and Stagetus pilula (Aubé, 1861)
(Dorcatominae) are newly recorded from Iran.
KEY WORDS: Coleoptera, Bostrichoidea, Ptinidae, checklist, new record, Iran.

INTRODUCTION
Worldwide about 220 genera and some 2200 species of
Ptinidae are known, and they are distributed throughout the
major regions of the world, although they are especially
abundant in the driest parts of the subtropical and temperate
zones (A RANGO & Y OUNG , 2012). Ptinidae are mainly
scavengers, and many species feed equally readily on more
or less dried plant or animal materials. Many species are
associated with the nests or excrement of other animal
species, while others are found in dead or decaying wood,
leaf litter or among other plant debris (BELLÉS , 2009;
MOSENEAGU, 2012). Some other species, especially among
Anobiinae and Dorcatominae subfamilies, have a very
specialized life form. Anobiinae generally are xylophagous,
attacking the wood of deciduous and coniferous trees, wild
or elaborated (ESPAÑOL, 1992). Dorcatominae species live at
the expense of different models of fungi. They can be in
fungi on trees and fungi of the rotten wood (VIÑOLAS,
2013a, b, c, d).
Iran forms a large part of the Iranian plateau, and covers an
area of 1,623,779 km². It is bordered to the north by the
Caucasus Mountains, Middle Asian natural regions, and the
Caspian Sea (-27 m below sea level); to the west by the
Anatolian and Mesopotamian regions; to the east by the
eastern part of the Iranian plateau (Afghanistan and adjacent
west Pakistan) and the Baluch-Sindian region; and finally to
the south by the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, which are
connected by the latter to the Indian Ocean. Climatologically,
Iran is a predominantly arid and semi-arid country, but the
northern slopes of the Alburz ranges and the Caspian lowland
receive 800 to 2000 mm annual rainfall, making them the
most humid parts of the country. The Dasht-e Kavir and
Dasht-e Lut deserts are the driest areas with an annual
precipitation of less than 150 mm. The highlands receive
between 250 and 800 mm (ZEHZAD et al., 2002).
This paper lists all the data on Iranian Bostrichidae, and it
is a continuation of a series of checklists of Coleoptera of
Iran (see LEGALOV et al., 2010: Curculionoidea; LASOŃ &
GHAHARI, 2013: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae; BUNALSKI et

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Accepted 10 August 2017

al., 2014: Scarabaeoidea; B ARTOLOZZI et al., 2014:
Lucanidae; GHAHARI et al., 2015: Buprestidae; NOVÁK &
GHAHARI , 2015: Alleculinae; GHAHARI & HÁVA, 2015:
Silphidae; B EAVER et al., 2016: Platypodinae and
Scolytinae; PLATIA & GHAHARI, 2016: Elateridae; LIU et al.,
2016: Bostrichidae; ZAPPI & GHAHARI, 2016: Cleridae;
THOMAS & GHAHARI, 2016: Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae,
Silvanidae; MIRUTENKO & GHAHARI, 2016: Malachiidae;
FANTI & GHAHARI, 2016: Cantharidae; GHAHARI et al.,
2017: Oedemeridae; OTERO et al., 2017: Cryptophagidae).
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The published data on distribution of the family Ptinidae
(Coleoptera) in Iran are summarized by province. Data
about nomenclature and distribution data are mainly based
on BOROWSKI (2007: Gibbiinae and Ptininae subfamilies)
and ZAHRADNÍK (2007: Ptinidae family, except Gibbiinae
and Ptininae subfamilies), and in other cases the related
references are given. When accurate data about local
distribution in Iran are lacking in a quoted reference, the
mention “Iran (no locality cited)” is used. The provinces of
Iran are represented in the Fig. 1.
RESULTS
This checklist includes 43 Ptinidae species belonging to
21 genera (in brackets the number of species): Anobium
Fabricius, 1775 (1), Dignomus Wollaston, 1682 (1),
Ernobius Thomson, 1859 (2), Gastrallus Jacquelin du Val,
1860 (3), Gibbium Scopoli, 1777 (3), Hedobia Dejean,
1821 (1), Hemicoelus LeConte, 1861 (2), Hyperisus
Mulsant & Rey, 1863 (1), Lasioderma Stephens, 1835 (5),
Nicobium LeConte, 1861 (1), Niptus Boieldieu, 1856 (1),
Oligomerm Redtenbacher, 1849 (1), Plumilus White, 1974
(1), Priobium Motschulsky, 1845 (1), Ptilinus Geoffroy,
1762 (4), Ptinomorphus Mulsant & Rey, 1868 (1), Ptinus
Linnaeus, 1767 (6), Stagetus Wollaston, 1861 (1),

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Fig. I – Map of Iran with boundaries of Provinces.

Stegobium Motschulsky, 1860 (1), Xestobium
Motschulsky, 1845 (1) and Xyletinus Latreille, 1809 (5).
Gastrallus pubens Fairmaire 1875, Hyperisus plumbeum
(Illiger, 1801), Priobium carpini Herbst 1793 and Stagetus
pilula (Aubé, 1861) are new records for the fauna of Iran.

Family Ptinidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Anobiinae Fleming, 1821
Tribe Anobiini Fleming, 1821
Genus Anobium Fabricius, 1775
Anobium punctatum (DeGeer, 1774)
Byrrhus domesticus Geoffroy, 1785; Anobium striatum
A.G. Olivier, 1790 (non Fabricius, 1787); Anobium
ruficolle Herbst, 1793; Anobium pubescens Herbst, 1793;
Ptinus cylindricus Marsham, 1802; Anobium latreillei
Dufour, 1843; Anobium caelatum Mulsant & Rey, 1864;
Hadrobregmus pumilus LeConte, 1865; Anobium
amplicolle Broun, 1880; Anobium ruficorne Broun, 1880.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Golestan (ABD-RABOU et al.,
2005), Guilan, northern and central provinces (MODARRES
AWAL, 1997), Tehran (MODARRES AWAL, 1997 as Anobium

domesticum (Geoffroy, 1785)), Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Species currently considered
cosmopolitan (ESPAÑOL, 1992; ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
HOSTS – Alder, ash, oak, pine, poplar, walnut and other
hard wood and coniferous timbers used in construction and
furniture (MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
REMARKS – Theocalax formiciformis Westwood, 1832
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is parasitoid of Anobium
punctatum (DeGeer) (ABD-RABOU et al., 2005).

Genus Hemicoelus LeConte, 1861
Hemicoelus canaliculars (C.G. Thomson, 1863)
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Iran (no locality cited) (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy,
Latvia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Russia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Ukraine (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).

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Hemicoelus fulvicornis (Sturm, 1837)
Anobium morio A. Villa & G.B. Villa, 1835; Byrrhus ruber
Reitter, 1897; Anobium khnzoriani Karapetyan, 1980.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Iran (no locality cited) (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Iran, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
Ukraine (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
Tribe Gastrallini White, 1982
Genus Gastrallus Jacquelin du Val, 1860
Gastrallus immarginatus (P.W.J. Müller, 1821)
Anobium cornicularium Beck, 1817; Anobium exilis
Gyllenhal, 1827; Anobium sericatum Laporte, 1840.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Mazandaran (SAMIN et al., 2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Iran, Japan, Lebanon,
Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Ukraine (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2016).
Gastrallus laevigatus (Olivier, 1790)
Anobium parallelum Küster, 1849.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Isfahan (SAMIN et al., 2015).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Algeria, Austria, Belgium,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,
Ukraine (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2015).
HOSTS – The species lives in the mistletoe and old trunks
of oak, beech, elm, etc. (ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Gastrallus pubens Fairmaire, 1875
Gastrallus striatus Zoufal, 1897; Gastrallus rollei Reitter,
1912; Gastrallus subtuberculatus Pic, 1949.
EXAMINED MATERIAL – Golestan province, Minudasht,
37°10′N 55°30′E, 2 ex., 6.vi.2002, leg. H. Ghahari. New
record for Iran.
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Azerbaijan, Chad, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, Spain,
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda (ESPAÑOL,
1963; ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
HOSTS – Different authors quote records of the species in
libraries, where it attacks the old books (ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Tribe Hadrobregmini White, 1982
Genus Priobium Motschulsky, 1845
Priobium carpini (Herbst, 1793)
Anobium serricorne Duftschmid, 1825; Anobium excisum
Mannerheim, 1843; Trypopitys dendrobiformis Reitter, 1901.
E XAMINED MATERIAL – West Azarbaijan province,
Oshnavieh, 37°03′N 45°05′E, 2 ex., 14.v.2003, leg. N.
Samin. New record for Iran.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon,
Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia (Siberia), Serbia, Slovakia,

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Spain, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
(ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
Tribe Nicobiini White, 1982
Genus Nicobium LeConte, 1861
Nicobium schneideri Reitter, 1878
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia,
Iran, Portugal (Azores), Russia,
Turkey, Ukraine (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
Tribe Stegobiini White, 1982
Genus Oligomerm Redtenbacher, 1849
Oligomerm ptilinoides (Wollaston, 1854)
Anobium brunneus Duftschmid, 1825 (non A. G. Olivier,
1790); Anobium oculatum Wollaston, 1865; Anobium reyi
Ch. Brisout, 1867.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Iran (no locality cited) (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Algeria, Azerbaijan, Austria (Introduced), China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Francia, Germany
(Introduced), Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland (Introduced), Portugal (Madeira Archipelago), Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Canary Islands), Syria,
Switzerland, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
HOSTS – Soft dead wood and wood furniture (ESPAÑOL,
1992).
COMMENTS – Pediculoides ventricosus (Newport, 1855)
(Acarina: Pediculoidae) is parasitoid of O. ptilinoides
(ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Genus Stegobium Motschulsky, 1860
Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anobium ferrugineum Herbst, 1783; Ptinus testaceus
Thumberg, 1784; Ptinus upsaliensis Gmelin, 1790;
Anobium minutum Fabricius, 1792 (non Fabricius, 1781);
Ptinus tenuicornis Marsham, 1802; Ptinus rubellus
Marsham, 1802; Anobium tenuestriatum Say, 1825;
Anobium ireos A. Villa & G.B. Villa, 1833; Anobium
obesum Melsheimer, 1846; Anobium villosum Melsheimer,
1846; Anobium nanum Küster, 1849; Cis striatopunctata
Steinheil, 1873; Cis bonariensis Steinheil, 1873.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Largely distributed (Modarres
Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (ZAHRADNÍK, 2007).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cosmopolite (Z AHRADNÍK ,
2007).
HOSTS – All dry plants and animal products and bread,
cookies, tobacco, insect collections, wood, paper, seeds,
books, grains, legumes and their products and also barley
(in granaries (MODARRES AWAL, 1997)).
Subfamily Dorcatominae C.G. Thomson, 1859
Tribe Prothecini White, 1982
Genus Stagetus Wollaston, 1861
Stagetus pilula (Aubé, 1861)
Theca obscurior Pic, 1908; Theca pilula var. rufonotata Pic,
1910.
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N 47°572 E, 1 ex., 14.viii.2004, leg. H. Ghahari. New
record for Iran.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, France, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel,
Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine (ZAHRADNIK,
2007; VIÑOLAS & MASÓ, 2007; VIÑOLAS, 2013b).
Subfamily Ernobiinae Pic, 1912
Tribe Ernobiini Pic, 1912
Genus Ernobius Thomson, 1859
Ernobius iranicus Zahradnik, 2016
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Kermanshah (ZAHRADNIK, 2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Endemic to Iran (ZAHRADNIK,
2016).
COMMENTS – ZAHRADNIK (2016) recorded this species
from Bachtaraa province (Bisolul). There is not Bachtaraa
prov. in Iran (see fig. 1). However, the old name of
Kermanshah province is Bakhtaran which we think it is the
type locality.
Ernobius mollis mollis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anobium testaceus Kugelann, 1792; Anobium sybaris
Kugelann, 1792; Anobium convexifrons Melsheimer, 1846;
Liozoum sulcatulum Mulsant & Rey, 1863; Liozoum
consimile Mulsant & Rey, 1863; Liozoum consimile var.
laetum Mulsant & Rey, 1864; Ernobius tarsatus Kraatz,
1881; Ernobius reversus Sharp, 1916.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Isfahan (GHAHARI et al., 2010),
Iran (no locality cited) (MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Azores,
Belarus, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, North Korea,
Poland, Portugal (Madeira Archipelago), Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,
Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine. Introduced in
Afrotropical, Australian, Nearctic, Neotropical and Oriental
regions (ZAHRADNIK, 2007; GHAHARI et al., 2010).
HOSTS – The species lives in conifer stumps (ESPAÑOL,
1992).
C OMMENTS – Trychnosoma ernobii Hedqvist 1974
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is parasitoid of Ernobius
mollis in dry wood (GHAHARI et al., 2010).

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Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany,
Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Switzerland,
Turkey, Ukraine (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
H OSTS – It usually develops in Fagus sylvatica
(Fagaceae), although it also quoted from resinous plants
(ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Genus Xestobium Motschulsky, 1845
Xestobium subincanum Reitter, 1878
Xestobium circassicum Reitter, 1890.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – West Azarbaijan (SAMIN et al.,
2015).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Iran, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine (ZAHRADNIK, 2007;
SAMIN et al., 2015).
Subfamily Eucradinae LeConte, 1861
Tribe Hedobiini White, 1982
Genus Hedobia Dejean, 1821
Hedobia unicolor Pic, 1897
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Mazandaran (ESPAÑOL, 1977),
Iran (no locality cited) (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey (E SPAÑOL , 1977;
ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
Genus Ptinomorphus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Ptinomorphus regalis (Duftschmid, 1825)
Hedobia regalis var. circassica Pic, 1896; Hedobia belia
Reitter, 1898; Ptinomorphus regalis var. aureopilosus Pic,
1901; Hedobia regalis var. satanula Reitter, 1901; Hedobia
regalis var. dispersa Pic, 1930.
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Austria, Azerbaijan, BosniaHerzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey,
Ukraine (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
HOSTS – It develops in the wood of: oak, blackthorn,
hawthorn, hazel tree, etc. (ESPAÑOL, 1992).

Tribe Xestobiini White, 1982
Genus Hyperisus Mulsant & Rey, 1863
Hyperisus plumbeum (Illiger, 1801)
Byrrhus coerulescens Geoffroy, 1785; Anobium thoracicum
P. Rossi, 1790; Anobium politum Duftschmid, 1825;
Anobium erythropum Stephens, 1830; Anobium aeneicolle
Bach, 1852; Xestobium subaeneum Reitter, 1897; Xestobium
syriacum Pic, 1897; Xestobium ernobiformis Reitter, 1901;
Xestobium variabile Pic, 1912; Xestobium subaeneum var.
circassicum Pic, 1922; Xestobium plumbeum var.
rufonotatum Pic, 1923; Xestobium plumbeum var.
bicoloripenne Pic, 1933; Xestobium graecum Mařan, 1941.
E XAMINED MATERIAL – Golestan province, Gorgan,
36°50′N 54°30′E, 2 ex, 1.V.1970, Natural Sciences Museum
of Barcelona, Spain (MCNB). New record for Iran.
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Armenia, Austria, Belarus,

Subfamily Gibbiinae Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Tribe Gibbiini Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Genus Gibbium Scopoli, 1777
Gibbium aequinoctiale Boieldieu, 1854
Gibbium chevrolati Boieldieu, 1854; Gibbium aegyptiacum
Pic, 1894; Gibbium einsteini Bellés, 1980.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Northern Iran (no locality cited)
(BELLÉS, 1985), Iran (no locality cited) (BOROWSKI, 2007).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cosmopolitan species
(BOROWSKI, 2007).
Gibbium boieldieui Levrat, 1857
Gibbium laevigena Reitter, 1884.
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Fars, Tehran (Bellés 1985),

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widely distributed (FARAHBAKHSH, 1961; MODARRES AWAL,
1997), Iran (no locality cited) (BOROWSKI, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Greece, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine (BOROWSKI, 2007).
HOSTS – Barley, wheat and other cereals (FARAHBAKHSH,
1961; MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
Gibbium psylloides (Czenpinski, 1778)
Ptinus scotias Fabricius, 1781; Ptinus seminulum Schrank,
1781; Bruchus apterus Geoffroy, 1785; Gibbium longicorne
Reitter, 1884.
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Largely distributed
(FARAHBAKHSH, 1961; MODARRES AWAL, 1997), Iran (no
locality cited) (BELLÉS, 1985; BOROWSKI 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Albania, Algeria, Armenia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, China (Introduced), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark (Introduced), Egypt, Finland
(Introduced), France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia,
Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland (Introduced), Israel,
Italy, Japan (Introduced), Lebanon, Libya, Malta,
Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands,
Poland, Portugal (Madeira Archipelago), Russia
(Introduced), Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Korea (Introduced), Spain, Swede (Introduced),
Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (Introduced), Tunisia, Turkey,
Ukraine (BOROWSKI, 2007).
H OSTS – Wool, paper, animal and plant collections,
cereals and seeds (in granary) (FARAHBAKHSH , 1961;
MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
Subfamily Ptilininae Shuckard, 1840
Tribe Ptilinini Shuckard, 1840
Genus Plumilus White, 1974
Plumilus grandicollis (Ménétries, 1832)
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Germany (introduced), Iran, Israel, Romania, Russia,
Turkmenistan, Turkey (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).

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HOSTS – Species sporadically in anthropogenic habitats.
In nature it attacks branches and trunks of: beech, oak,
poplar, etc. (ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Ptilinus iranicus Toskina, 1995
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Tehran (TOSKINA, 1995), Iran (no
locality cited) (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Known only from the type
locality (Iran).
Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ptilinus cylindricus O.F. Müller, 1776; Bostrichus pectinatus Laicharting, 1781; Ptinus serraticornis Marsham,
1802 (non Thunberg, 1784); Ptilinus aspericollis Ménétries,
1832; Xiletinus discolor Faldermann, 1839; Ptilinus
impressifrons Küster, 1847.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Razavi Khorasan (SAMIN et al.,
2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany,
Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2016).
HOSTS – Species sporadically of anthropogenic habitats.
In nature attacks branches and trunks of: beech, oak, poplar,
etc. (ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Subfamily Ptininae Latreille, 1802
Tribe Ptinini Latreille, 1802
Genus Dignomus Wollaston, 1862
Dignomus mesopotamicus (Pic, 1894)
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Iran (no locality cited) (BELLÉS,
1996, 2009; BOROWSKI, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
(BOROWSKI, 2007).
Genus Niptus Boieldieu, 1856

Genus Ptilinus Geoffroy, 1762
Ptilinus asiaticus Toskina, 1995
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Iran, Turkmenistan (Ashkhabad,
type locality) (TOSKINA, 1995; ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
Ptilinus fuscus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Ptilinus flabelicornis Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau &
Audinet-Serville, 1825; Ptilinus costatus Gyllenhal, 1827;
Ptilinus flavescens (Geoffroy): Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
(non Geoffroy, 1785); Ptilinus aspericollis Mulsant & Rey,
1853 (non Ménétries, 1832); Ptilinus asperulus
Gemminger, 1870; Ptilinus mulsanti Marseul, 1886.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Golestan (SAMIN et al., 2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria,
Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran,
Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan (ZAHRADNIK, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2016).

Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1835)
Niptus brevesetosus Pic, 1956.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Fars (D ASHAN et al., 2014),
generally distributed (FARAHBAKHSH, 1961; MODARRES
AWAL, 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (BOROWSKI, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – It is considered a cosmopolitan
species. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria,
Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, China,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia,
Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland (Introduced), India, Ireland,
Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Moldavia,
Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands,
North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal (Azores),
Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain
(Canary Islands), Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia,
Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
(BOROWSKI, 2007).
HOSTS – Wool, skin, silk, linen, paper, flour, carpets,
cotton and related products, tobacco, tea, medicinal plants,
rice and other cereals, feathers, cork (in granary), and also

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Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine; Nearctic Region (Introduced)
(BOROWSKI, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2015).

Genus Ptinus Linnaeus, 1767
Ptinus (Bruchoptinus) elbrusicola A. Fleischer, 1915
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Tehran (Elburz Mountains)
(FLEISCHER, 1915), Iran (no locality cited) (BOROWSKI,
2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Endemic to Iran (BOROWSKI,
2007).
Ptinus (Gynopterus) quadrisignatus Ménétries, 1832
Ptinus sexsignatus Faldermann, 1835.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Ardabil (SAMIN et al., 2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan
(BOROWSKI, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2016).
Ptinus (Ptinus) fur (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ptinus rapax DeGeer, 1774; Bruchus furunculus O. F.
Müller, 1776; Ptinus pulex Goeze, 1776; Ptinus germanus
Goeze, 1777; Ptinus striatus Fabricius, 1787; Ptinus
longipes P. Rossi, 1792; Ptinus humeralis Say, 1835.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Northern and central provinces
(FARAHBAKHSH, 1961; MODARRES AWAL, 1997), Iran (no
locality cited) (BOROWSKI, 2007).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cosmopolitan species
(BOROWSKI, 2007).
HOSTS – Insect and other animal collections, wool, skin,
seeds, dried fruits, old books, flour and related products (in
granaries) (FARAHBAKHSH, 1961; MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
Ptinus (Ptinus) latro Fabricius, 1775
Ptinus testaceus A. G. Olivier, 1790; Ptinus clavipes Panzer,
1805; Ptinus brunneus Duftschmid, 1825; Ptinus hirtellus
Sturm, 1837; Ptinus rufus P. H. Lucas, 1846; Ptinus
hirticollis P. H. Lucas, 1846; Ptinus advena Wollaston,
1854; Ptinus lucasii Boieldieu, 1856; Ptinus corticinus
Rottenberg, 1871; Ptinus obsoletus Baudi di Selve, 1874;
Ptinus letourneuxi Pic, 1894; Ptinus brevipennis Pic, 1896;
Ptinus furoides Escalera, 1914; Ptinus pueli Pic, 1936;
Ptinus densepubens Pic, 1950; Ptinus mobilis Moore, 1957;
Ptinus moorei Iablokoff-Khnzorian & Karapetyan, 1991.
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Widely distributed (FARAH BAKHSH, 1961, MODARRES AWAL, 1997 as Ptinus brunneus
Duftschmid, 1825), Iran (no locality cited) (MODARRES
AWAL, 1997 as Ptinus clavipes Panzer, 1805; BOROWSKI,
2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cosmopolitan species (BOROWSKI, 2007).
HOSTS – Animal and plant collections, wool, skins, silk,
linen, paper, cotton and related products, flour, tobacco, tea,
medicinal plants, old books, and dried fruits (in granaries)
(Modarres Awal 1997 as P. brunneus), stored products
(FARAHBAKHSH , 1961, M ODARRES AWAL , 1997 as P.
clavipes).
Ptinus (Ptinus) villiger (Reitter, 1884)
Ptinus balticus Iablokoff-Khnzorian & Karapetyan, 1991.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Northern Khorasan (SAMIN et al.,
2015).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great
Britain (Introduced), Greece, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan,

Ptinus (Tectoptinus) tectus Boieldieu, 1856
Ptinus pilosus White & Butler, 1846; Ptinus ocellus Brown,
1929.
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(BOROWSKI, 2007).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cosmopolitan species
(BOROWSKI, 2007).
HOSTS – The species is considered as a pest in museums
(Pinniger 2001). It is recorded from at least 55 museums
and historic houses in the United Kingdom (PINNIGER,
2012).
Subfamily Xyletininae Gistel, 1856
Tribe Lasiodermini White, 1982
Genus Lasioderma Stephens, 1835
Lasioderma costulatum Schilsky, 1899
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Kerman (SAMIN et al., 2016).
G ENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan (ZAHRADNIK, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2016).
Lasioderma kiesenwetteri Schilsky, 1899
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Semnan (SAMIN et al., 2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia,
Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan (ZAHRADNIK, 2007; SAMIN et al., 2016).
Lasioderma obscurum (Solsky, 1868)
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Austria, Azerbaijan, BosniaHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece,
Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Montenegro,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
Lasioderma redtenbacheri redtenbacheri (Bach, 1852)
Xyletinus cyphonoides Moravitz, 1861; Pseudochina
fulvescens Mulsant & Rey, 1864; Lasioderma redtenbacheri
var. caucasicum Pic, 1904.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Kermanshah (SAMIN et al., 2015).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran,
Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia,
Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Ukranie, Uzbekistan (Z AHRADNIK , 2007; S AMIN et al.,
2015).
H OSTS – It develops in dry chapters of Asteraceae
(Centaurea, Carduus, etc.) and also in stems of
Umbelliferae (Ferula) (ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius, 1792)
Ptilinus testaceus Duftschmid, 1825; Lasioderma testaceum
Stephens, 1835; Lasioderma castaneum Melsheimer, 1846;
Xyletinus brevis Wollaston, 1861.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Ardabil (GHAHARI & LIM, 2012),
Golestan (KHORMALI et al., 2002; MAROUF et al., 2009),

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Kordestan (ALLAHVAISI, 2013), Mazandaran (MAROUF et al.,
2009), largely distributed (MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cosmopolitan species (ESPAÑOL,
1992; ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
HOSTS – Tobacco products especially cigarettes and dried
leaves and materials used in stuffing furniture, seeds and
other dried plant products especially those used as drugs,
black and red pepper (in granaries, tobacco factories and
cigar stores) (MODARRES AWAL, 1997).
COMMENTS – Cephalonomia gallicola (Ashmead, 1887)
(Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) is a parasitoid of this species
(GHAHARI & LIM, 2012).
Tribe Xyletinini Gistel, 1856
Genus Xyletinus Latreille, 1809
Xyletinus (Xeronthobius) bucephaloides Reitter, 1901
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Libya,
Oman, Tunisia, Turkey (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
Xyletinus (Xeronthobius) pallens (Germar, 1824)
Xyletinus pallidus Laporte, 1840.
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Generally distributed (MODARRES
AWAL, 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan (ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
HOSTS – Tobacco and related products (MODARRES AWAL,
1997).
Xyletinus (Xyletinus) iranicus Toskina, 2006
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Tehran (Naraz bei Abu Ask,
Elbursgeb) (TOSKINA, 2006).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Known only from the type
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ABAI (1984) and MODARRES AWAL (1997) cited Anobium
denticolae Panzer (year of description is missing) from Iran
(northern and central provinces) as the pest of dried wood of
pine and poplar. A. denticolae does not occur in Iran. They
most probably refer to Anobium denticolle Creutzer in
Panzer, 1796, currently Hadrobregmus denticollis, although
the genus Hadrobregmus has European distribution and is
not present in Asia. So it should be a species belonging to
the genus Hemicoelus, the only related genus recorded from
Iran. Therefore we do not consider A. denticolae as part of
the fauna of Iran.
DISCUSSION
Recording of 43 species of Ptinidae from Iran indicates
that this family has a high species diversity in Iran. Among
the 8 subfamilies reported from Iran Anobiinae with 10
species of 7 genera and Xyletininae with 10 species of 2
genera are more diverse than the other subfamilies. Two
species, Ernobius iranicus and Ptinus (Bruchoptinus)
elbrusicola are endemic to Iran.
Ptinids (especially Anobiinae) have several parasitoids in
various insect taxa, especially subfamily Xoridinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) (KASPARYAN, 1981), Eulophidae,
Eupelmidae, Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
(NOYES, 2015) and Bracon spp. (Hymenoptera: Braconinae)
(YU et al., 2012). Among the Bracon species quoted as
parasitoids of Anobiinae by ŽIKIĆ et al. (2012), two species
[Bracon (Glabrobracon) pineti Thomson, 1892 and B.
(Habrobracon) variegator (SPINOLA, 1808)] have been
recorded from Iran by GADALLAH & GHAHARI (2015). New
findings of parasitoids from different regions of Iran can be
expected in the future.
ACKNOWLEDGEMETS

Xyletinus (Xyletinus) laticollis (Duftschmid, 1825)
Xyletinus flavipes Laporte de Castelnau, 1840; Xyletinus
holosericius Dufour, 1854; Xyletinus oblongulus Mulsant &
Rey, 1864; Xyletinus flavipes var. fulvicollis Reitter, 1890;
Xyletinus laticollis var. simplex Rey, 1892; Xyletinus
flavipes var. flavicornis Rey, 1892; Xyletinus fulvicollis var.
rufescens Schilsky, 1899; Xyletinus kocheri Pic, 1952;
Xyletinus fulvicollis var. robustus Pic, 1924.
D ISTRIBUTION IN I RAN – Iran (no locality cited)
(ZAHRADNIK, 2007).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine (Zahradnik, 2007).
HOSTS – It develops in dry droppings of sheeps and cows
(ESPAÑOL, 1992).
Xyletinus (Xyletinus) sareptanus Kiesenwetter, 1877
DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN – Golestan (SAMIN et al., 2016).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria,
Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Russia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (ZAHRADNIK, 2007;
SAMIN et al., 2015).

Sincere gratitude to Berta Caballero, Glòria Masó (curators of the collection of arthropods, the Natural Sciences
Museum of Barcelona) and N. Samin (Islamic Azad
University), for the facilities provided for the consultation
of the specimens, and anonymous reviewers for insightful
comments. The research was supported by the Islamic Azad
University (Young Researchers and Elites Club, Science
and Research Branch), and by the University of Barcelona.
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