First record and redescription of Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1835) from Kangohar Cave (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• Meysam Dashan
• Saber Sadeghi
• Yaser Bakhshi
• Mohamadjavad Malek hosseini

Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

10.22067/ijab.v10i2.33595

Abstract

The Ptinidae or spider beetles, is a worldwide family of beetles especially distributed in the subtropical and temperate zones including Iran. The species Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1836) collected from Kangohar cave in Fars Province, southern Iran, is described as new record for Iran with illustrations of adult as well as male and female genitalia. We regarded this beetle as a troglophile and guanophile species.

Keywords

• Iran
• Ptinidae
• Niptus hololeucus
• Kangohar Cave

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