Penthicus villiersi ( 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 : 38-40

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

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Kaszab 1969: 452 ( Lobodera (s. str.)); Grimm 2015: 316.

Type material (studied). Paratypes ( HNHM): 1 ♂ , “ 20.III.1965 Dacht Argen , 60 km N de Chiraz IRAN ” (now Iran, Fars Prov., Dasht-e Arzhan, 29°39′37″N, 51°59′07″E), “ ♂ ”, “MUSEUM PARIS Mission Franco-Iranienne 1965”, “ Paratypus 1968 ♂ Lobodera villiersi Kaszab ” GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, “Kuhtang 150 km Westl. v. Isfahan, 8.V.1950 ” (now Iran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Prov. , Kuhrang county , 32°24′N, 49°59′E), “OESTERR. IRAN-EXP. 1949–50”, “noch 1 ex bei Kūhnelt”, “ Lobodera n. sp. aff. corpulenta Rtt. Dr. Z. Kaszab det.”, “ Paratypus 1968 ♀ Lobodera villiersi Kaszab ” GoogleMaps .

Material. 3 specimens ( HNHM): Iran, Fars Prov., Dehsheykh (29°38′00″N, 52°19′04″E), 25.v.1976 (leg. P. Brignoli) GoogleMaps ; 2 specimens ( HNHM): the same, but leg. Brignoli & P. Bianco ; 1 specimen ( HNHM):? Quattekas , 19.iv.1955 (leg. F. Schmid) ; 1 specimen ( NHML) “Pir-i-Zan. Pass at 8500 ft. W. of Shiraz PERSIA. 10-5-35 Coll. H.E.J. Biggs. 38. [handwritten]” (now Fars Prov., Kazerun Distr., Kotal-i Pir-i Zan pass, 29°33ʹN, 51°55ʹE), “ Lobodera villiersi Kaszab [handwritten] DrZ. Kaszab det., 19 [printed] 72 [handwritten]” ; 1♂, 4 ♀♀ ( ZIN, PCMN): Iran , Lorestan Prov., 24 km S of Azna, 33°16ʹ46.7ʺN, 49°29ʹ57.4ʺE, 16–17.v.2017 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ ( PCMN): Iran, Lorestan Prov., ridge near Dorud , 14–15.2017 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin) ; 1 ♂ ( ZIN) , 8 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀ ( HMIM): Iran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Prov. , Zagros Mts. , Chelgerd env., h = 2300–2500 m., 32°27′28.9548″N, 50°07′9.6024″E, 6.viii.2023 (leg. F. Eshraghi Mofrad) GoogleMaps ; 9 specimens ( HMIM): Iran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Prov. , Wetland Solegan env., h = 2400–2500 m., 31°58ʹ6.8448ʺN, 50°47ʹ11.1048ʺE, 1.viii.2023 (leg. F. Eshraghi Mofrad) GoogleMaps ; 6 specimens ( HMIM): Iran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Prov. , Zagros Mts. , Samsami env. ( Chari pass), H= 2600-2700 m, 32°27ʹ28.9548ʺN, 50°07ʹ9.6024ʺE, 4.vi.2024 (leg. F. Eshraghi Mofrad) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Iran: Zagros Mts. (Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Fars provinces).The specimen from Quattekas in HNHM collection ( Iran, Mazandaran Prov., Gat-e Kash, 36°25′28.12″N, 51°32′21.57″E) is erroneously labeled.

HNHM	Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)
NHML	Natural History Museum, Tripoli
ZIN	Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum