Genus CHALCOPHORELLA Kerremans, 1903 Chalcophorella bagdadensis (Laporte & Gory) 1836: 125 (Buprestis); Théry 1925: 79; Kubáň 2006: 345; Bellamy 2008a: 551; Abaei 2014: 691 (author: Bily [sic!]). synonym: amarensis Obenberger 1942: 8 (subspecies of bagdadensis). synonym: aureoscripta Mandl & Pochon 1957: 326. synonym: berhauti Mandl & Pochon 1957: 325. [subgenus Stigmatophorella]. Distribution within Iran. "Chaldée persane: Kouh-Hadjoudj, Neima; Poucht-é-Kouh: Tagh-i-Mowla" (Théry 1925). Fars (Saghaei et al. 2010), Khuzestan (Théry 1925), Zagros area (Abaei 2014), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a; Ali 2010). Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Iraq, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a; Ali 2010). Note. A robber fly species, Stenopogon junceus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) (Diptera: Asilidiae) is the predator of C. bagdadensis (Saghaei et al. 2010). Chalcophorella bagdadensis freyi Obenberger 1942: 8 (subspecies of bagdadensis); Radjabi 1968: 71, 1976: 128; Bílý 1983a: 53; Modarres Awal 1997: 134 (as bagdanensis frey); Borumand 2002: 29; Kubáň 2006: 345; Bellamy 2008a: 551. Host plant(s) within Iran. Wild and cultivated almond (Amygdalus spp.; Rosaceae) (Modarres Awal 1997). Distribution within Iran. Bushehr, Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Borumand 2002), Fars (Radjabi 1976; Bílý 1983a; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Ilam (Radjabi 1968; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Tehran (Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. Iraq (Bellamy 2008a). Chalcophorella escalerae (Abeille de Perrin) 1904: 212 (Buprestis); Richter 1952: 197 (abberation of bagdadensis); Radjabi 1968: 71, 1976: 128; Modarres Awal 1997: 134; Borumand 2002: 29; Kubáň 2006: 345; Bellamy 2008a: 551; Ghobari et al. 2012: 236. [subgenus Stigmatophorella]. Host plant(s) within Iran. Wild almond, white-thorn (Amygdalus sp., Crataegus sp., Rosaceae) (Modarres Awal 1997), Crataegus sp. (Rosaceae) (Borumand 2002). Distribution within Iran. Fars (Radjabi 1968, 1976; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Lorestan (Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ("Valee du Chindaar, dans le Haut Karoum") (Abeille de Perrin 1904; Radjabi 1976; Borumand 2002), Yazd (Radjabi 1976), Kordestan (Ghobari et al. 2012), Iran (no locality cited) (Richter 1952; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. None recorded. * Chalcophorella fabricii (Rossi) 1792: 100 (Buprestis); Théry 1925: 79; Kubáň 2006: 345; Bellamy 2008a: 551. [subgenus Rossiella]. Immatures: Gory & Laporte 1840: 2; Bertoloni 1842: 87; Pecchioli 1843: 2; Perris 1877: 131. Biology/Bionomy: Gory & Laporte 1839: 2; Bertoloni 1842: 89; Pecchioli 1843: 2; Bertoloni 1872: 351; Xambeu 1892: 225; Berlese 1924: 184. Distribution within Iran. "Poucht-é-Kouh: Mollah-Giavan" (Théry 1925). Iran (no locality cited) (Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Iraq, Lebanon, Italy, Macedonia, Syria, Turkey, former Yugoslavia (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Note. The occurrence of this species in Iran needs confirmation. Chalcophorella morgani Théry 1925: 79 (Chalcophorella), 171 (Chalcophora); Kubáň 2006: 345; Bellamy 2008a: 552. [subgenus Chalcophorella]. Distribution within Iran. Lorestan (Théry 1925), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. Iraq, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Chalcophorella orientalis (Obenberger) 1924c: 14 (Chalcophorella); Kubáň 2006: 345, Bellamy 2008a: 552; Ghobari et al. 2012: 236. [subgenus Stigmatophorella]. Distribution within Iran. Kordestan (Ghobari et al. 2012), Sistan & Baluchestan (Obenberger 1924c), Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Pakistan (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Chalcophorella quadrioculata (Redtenbacher) 1843: 993 (Chalcophora); Kubáň 2006: 345; synonym: akbesiana Cobos 1957: 200 (subspecies of quadrioculata); Kubáň 2006: 46 (synonym of quadrioculata), 345; Bellamy 2008a: 552. [subgenus Stigmatophorella]. Distribution within Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. Georgia, Iraq, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Chalcophorella stigmatica (Dalman in Schönherr) 1817: 119 (Buprestis); Théry 1925: 79; Richter 1952: 195; Davatchi et al. 1959: 245; Farahbakhsh 1960: 73; Radjabi 1974: 38; Abai & Adeli 1984: 19; Modarres Awal 1997: 134; Borumand 2002: 30; Kubáň 2006: 345; Bellamy 2008a: 552; Ghobari et al. 2012: 236. synonym: quadrinotata (Klug) 1829: No. 20 (Buprestis). synonym: lefebvrei (Laporte & Gory) 1836: 17 (Buprestis). synonym: quadrimaculata (Redtenbacher) 1850: 47 (Chalcophora). synonym: marseuli (Garbiglietti) 1867: lxvii (Buprestis); Modarres Awal 1997: 134 (subspecies of stigmatica, author Obenberger). synonym: balcanica Obenberger 1936c: 175 (subspecies of stigmatica). [subgenus Chalcophorella]. Host plant(s) within Iran. Amygdalus spp. (Rosaceae) (Davatchi et al. 1959; Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), wild almond (Amygdalus sp.) (Farahbakhsh 1960), Quercus sp. (Fagaceae) (Borumand 2002). Distribution within Iran. East Azarbayjan, Markazi (Modarres Awal 1997),? Fars (Modarres Awal 1997, as stigmatica marseuli Obenberger), Isfahan and central provinces (Abai & Adeli 1984; Modarres Awal 1997), Kermanshah (Radjabi 1974; Modarres Awal 1997; Borumand 2002), Khuzestan (Théry 1925), Kordestan (Ghobari et al. 2012), Iran (no locality cited) (Richter 1952; Davatchi et al. 1959; Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a). Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy (Sardinia), Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Syria, Turkey (Kubáň 2006; Bellamy 2008a).

Published as part of Ghahari, Hassan, Volkovitsh, Mark G. & Bellamy, Charles L., 2015, An annotated catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), pp. 1-141 in Zootaxa 3984 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3984.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245157