title: A checklist of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from Iran.
abstract: An updated checklist of the Lucanidae (Coleoptera) from Iran is given. New locality records are listed and some dubious distributional records are discussed. Dorcus vavrai Nonfried, 1905 is placed in synonymy with Dorcus peyronis Reiche and Saulcy, 1856 (new synonymy) The female of Lucanus xerxes Král, 2004 is described. A key for the identification of the Iranian stag beetle species is also provided and all the species are figured.
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Natural History Museum, Zoological Section La Specola, via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy.; Email: luca.bartolozzi@unifi.it.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartolozzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.; Email: hghahari@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghahari
authors.affiliation: Department of Biowissenschaften, Entomologie, Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, CH - 4051 Basel, Switzerland.; Email: eva.sprecher@bs.ch.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sprecher-Uebersax
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum, Corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milano, Italy.; Email: michele.zilioli@comune.milano.it.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zilioli
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D057189:Checklist; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size