Tachys Dejean, 1821

Genus Tachys Dejean, 1821 View in CoL

Subgenus Polyderis Motschulsky, 1862 Tachys ( Polyderis) brevicornis Chaudoir, 1846 Studied material: Yazd Province.

Citations: New record for Iran.

Subgenus Paratachys Casey, 1918

= Eotachys Jaennel, 1941

Tachys ( Paratachys) bistriatus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Studied material: Esfahan, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Mazandaran, Tehran, Fars, Razavi Khorasan, Kerman, North Khorasan, West Azarbaijan and Kordestan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): NowShahr, 2008 (Prov. of Mazandaran).

Citations: Kuh-rang (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963); Dschaz-Morian (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Tachys ( Paratachys) cyprius Coulon, 2004

Studied material: Esfahan, Mazandaran, Razavi Khorasan, Kerman, West Azerbaïdjan and Kordestan (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin).

Citations: New record for Iran.

Tachys ( Paratachys) fasciatus fasciatus (Motschulsky, 1851) Citations : Shadegan (Prov. of Khuzestan; Kult, 1961).

Tachys ( Paratachys) frischi Coulon & Felix, 2009

Citations: 20 km East of Kushak Sar, Jahrom, 28°41’42”N, 53°03’21”E, 1060 m; Estahban, Darab, 28°59’49”N, 54°26’17”E, 1500 m; 23 km NW Darab, 28°52’34’’N, 54°23’57’’E, 1340 m (Prov. of Fars; Coulon & Felix, 2009); Hajiabad, Dar Agah, 28°21’37”N, 55°42’37”E, 1110 m (Prov. of Hormozgan; Coulon & Felix, 2009); 5 km West of Ghasr-e-Shirin, 4°32’16,2”N, 55°42’29,8”E, 404 m (Prov. of Kermanshah; Coulon & Felix, 2009).

Tachys ( Paratachys) fulvicollis (Dejean, 1831) View in CoL

Citations: South of Sabzawaran (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Tachys ( Paratachys) micros View in CoL (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828)

Studied material: Semnan, Mazandaran, Razavi Khorasan, North Khorasan, Golestan, Yazd and West Azarbaijan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin); (ZMTU): Nowshahr, Khirood forest (Prov. of Mazandaran).

Citations: South of Saguch (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963).

Tachys ( Paratachys) mirandus Coulon & Wrase, 2009 View in CoL

Citations: Fuman, Masuleh-Khalkhal road, 4km North west of Masuleh, 1404 m (Prov. of Gilan; Coulon & Wrase, 2009a); Sari, Mohammadabad Mt.s, 2.2 km NE of Bendela, 1533m (Prov. of Mazandaran; Coulon & Wrase, 2009a).

Tachys ( Paratachys) palustris (Reitter, 1894) View in CoL

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Tachys ( Paratachys) pliginskii Solodovnikov, 2001 Studied View in CoL material: West Azarbaijan, Fars and Razavi Khorasan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin).

Citations: Sivand, NE Shiraz, 1770 m (Prov. of Fars; Coulon & Wrase, 2009a); 29km South of Rasht, 140 m (Prov. of Gilan; Coulon & Wrase, 2009a).

Tachys ( Paratachys) transcaucasicus transcaucasicus Coulon, 2004 Studied View in CoL material: Golestan, Kerman, Fars, Razavi Khorasan, Esfahan, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Semnan, Tehran, Yazd and Kordestan Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin).

Citations: New record for Iran.

Tachys ( Paratachys) transumbratus Bates, 1892 View in CoL

Studied material: Kerman and Fars Provinces (leg. J. Frisch, coll. Of the Museum of Berlin). Citations: New record for Iran.

Comment: The designation of the above cited specimens should be checked. All studied Iranian T. transumbratus specimens are very similar (or even identical) to T. fasciatus (Motschulsky, 1851) .

Tachys ( Paratachys) trechoderus Coulon, 2004 Studied material: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari (leg. R. Felix) Citations: New record for Iran.

Tachys ( Paratachys) turkestanicus Csiki, 1928

= striolatus Reitter, 1894

Citations: Shadegan (Prov. of Khuzestan; Kult, 1961); AzadShahr (Prov. of Golestan; Rezaie-Node, 2012).

Tachys ( Paratachys) vilis (Andrewes, 1925)

Studied material: (ZMTU): Karaj (Prov. of Elburz), Kordak (Prov. of Qazvin), Najmabad (Prov. of Tehran) and Shahre kord (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari).

Citations: New record for Iran.

Subgenus Tachys Dejean, 1821

Tachys ( Tachys) angustulus Reitter, 1899

= parallelus Reitter, 1894

Studied material: Esfahan and Hormozgan Provinces (leg. R. Felix and coll. Museum of Berlin (J. Frisch)). Citations: Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014); Shadegan and Shush (Prov. of Khuzestan; Kult, 1961).

Tachys ( Tachys) centralis J.sahlberg, 1900

Citations: Bonab and Marage (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Coulon, 2011); Orumie (Prov. of West Azarbaijan; Coulon, 2011).

Tachys ( Tachys) dimediatus dimediatus Motschulsky, 1849

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003); Without exact locality ( Coulon, 2011).

Tachys ( Tachys) lenkoranus Csiki, 1928

Citations: Shadegan (Prov. of Khuzestan; Kult, 1961); West of Abadan (Prov. of Khuzestan; Coulon, 2011); Bandar-e Ganave (Prov. of Bushehr; Coulon, 2011).

Tachys ( Tachys) quadrillum (Schaum, 1860)

Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).

Tachys ( Tachys) scutellaris scutellaris Stephens, 1828 Citations : Nirizee (Prov. of Fars; Mandl, 1963).

Tachys ( Tachys) vibex Kopecký, 2003 View in CoL

= vittatus Motschulsky, 1850 View in CoL

Studied material: (ZMTU): Najmaabad, 2008 (Prov. of Tehran). Citations: Without exact locality ( Kopecký, 2003).