New records of Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from Iran
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24144/1998-6475.2018.44.58-63Keywords:
leaf beetle, weevil, fauna, species diversity, distribution, Iran.Abstract
This paper deals with the faunistic survey conducted on two families, Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) from Iran. In total, 12 species of Chrysomelidae within five subfamilies, Cassidinae (two species), Cryptocephalinae (seven species), Donaciinae (one species), Eumolpinae (one species), Galerucinae (one species) and 15 species of Curculionidae within six subfamilies, Brachycerinae (three species), Conoderinae (eight species), Cossoninae (one species), Curculioninae (one species), Lixinae (one species), Mesoptiliinae (one species) were collected and identified as new country records.
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