title: Annotated checklist of Dryopidae and Heteroceridae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) of Iran.
abstract: The distribution of Dryopidae and Heteroceridae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) of Iran is summarized. A total of ten species of Dryopidae in three genera (Dryops Olivier, Parahelichus Löbl & Smetana, and Praehelichus Löbl & Smetana), and 18 species of Heteroceridae in two genera (Augyles Schiödte and Heterocerus Fabricius) are listed. Augyles hispidulus (Kiesenwetter, 1843) (Heteroceridae) is recorded from Iran for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Museo Zoologico de "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via Romana 17, I - 50125 Firenze, Italy.; Email: pcfmas@tin.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mascagni
authors.affiliation: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria.; Email: manfred.jaech@nhm-wien.ac.at.
authors.forename: Manfred A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jäch
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.; Email: ostovan2001@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ostovan
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Yadegar - e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.; Email: hghahari@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghahari
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity