Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) lobanovi sp. n. – a new species of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Polycestinae: Acmaeoderini) from Iran

Abstract

. Acmaeoderella ( Euacmaeoderella ) lobanovi sp. n. from Iran (Fars, Kerman, Kordestan and Lorestan provinces) is described, illustrated and compared with closely related species A . ( E. ) strandi (Obenberger, 1918). Acmaeoderella lobanovi sp. n. differs from A. strandi by wider and denser scale pubescence and aedeagus structure in the first place. The bionomy of the new species is unknown but it belongs to the canescens species-group comprising species associated with Ferula and Dorema spp. (Apiaceae). The new species is named after late Dr A.L. Lobanov, the creator and many-years web- master of the world’s largest coleopterological website “Beetles (Coleoptera) and coleopterists”.