Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) fauna of Kurdistan Province (Iran), Part 2. Subfamilies Buprestinae and Agrilinae

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1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Institute of Zoology, Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

3 Department of Plant Protection, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

The results of a faunistic survey of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Kurdistan Province of Iran are presented. Totally 30 species belonging to two subfamilies (Buprestinae and Agrilinae) and 8 genera were collected and identified. Of these 1 species is new for Iranian fauna and 19 species are new for Kurdistan Province.

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