Penthicus ardoini ( Kaszab, 1969 )

Nabozhenko, Maxim V. & Mofrad, Farhad Eshraghi, 2025, Progress in the knowledge of the genus Penthicus Faldermann, 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini) of Iraq, Iran and Pakistan with descriptions of 17 new species, Zootaxa 5573 (1), pp. 1-100 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5573.1.1
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scientific name	Penthicus ardoini ( Kaszab, 1969 )
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Penthicus ardoini ( Kaszab, 1969)

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Kaszab, 1969: 454 ( Lobodera (s. str.)).

Type material. 7 paratypes ( HNHM): “ Iran Kalardacht 12-5-65”, “ Museum Paris Mission Franco-Iranienne 1965”, “ Paratypus 1968 Lobodera ardoini Kaszab ” ( Iran, Mazandaran Prov., Kelardasht , 36°30′20″N, 51°09′32″E). Some paratypes are marked as “ GoogleMaps ♂ ” or “ ♀ ” .

Material. 1 specimen ( HNHM): Iran, Mazandaran Prov., Quattekas ( Gat-e Kash , 36°25′28.12″N, 51°32′21.57″E), 19.ix.1955 (leg. F. Schmid) GoogleMaps ; 15 specimens ( HMIM): Iran, Ardabil Prov., Alborz Mts., Khalkhal, Andebil env., h = 2400–2600 m, 37°23ʹ13.3ʺN 48°30ʹ28.0ʺE, 6.vii.2024 (leg. F. Eshraghi Mofrad) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Iran: Alborz Mts. (Ardabil and Mazandaran provinces).