title: A new Mylabris species from south-eastern Iran and a key to the Iranian species of the nominate subgenus (Coleoptera, Meloidae).
abstract: A new species of Mylabris of the nominate subgenus is described and figured. This species is apparently endemic to the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman and seems to be phenetically very distinct from all other species of this subgenus, primarily because of the unique elytral pattern. A key to the species of the nominate subgenus distributed in Iran is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran.
authors.forename: Sayeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serri
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bologna