title: A checklist of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Iran.
abstract: The fauna of Iranian Alleculinae is summarized in this paper. Seventy species from 12 genera are reported: the subtribe Alleculina Laporte with 4 genera and 18 species: Hymenalia Mulsant (7 species), Hymenophorus Mulsant (3 species), Mycetocharina Seidlitz (6 species), Prionychus Solier (2 species); the subtribe Gonoderina Seidlitz with 3 genera and 6 species: Gonodera Mulsant (1 species), Isomira Mulsant (4 species), Pseudocistela Crotch (1 species), the subtribe Mycetocharina Gistel with a single genus and 3 species: Mycetochara Berthold (3 species) and the tribe Cteniopodini Solier with 4 genera and 43 species: Cteniopus Solier (5 species), Omophlina Reitter (2 species), Omophlus Dejean (32 species) and Podonta Solier (4 species). Nine species are newly recorded for the fauna of Iran: Hymenalia atronitens (Fairmaire, 1892), Mycetocharina rufotestacea Reitter, 1898, Prionychus asiatica (Fairmaire, 1892), Isomira nitidula (Kiesenwetter, 1861), Mycetochara ocularis Reitter, 1884, Cteniopus impressicolis Fairmaire, 1892, Omophlus afghanus Muche, 1965, Omophlus schmidi Muche, 1965 and Podonta elongata Ménétriés, 1832.
authors.affiliation: Nepasické náměstí 796, CZ-190 14 Prague 9 - Klánovice, Czech Republic.; Email: alleculinae.vn@centrum.cz.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Novák
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Yadegar - e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghahari
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D057189:Checklist; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male