Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 16–17) Scarabaeus parallelipipedus Linnaeus, 1758: 354. Dorcus parallelipipedus reichei Ganglbauer, 1886: 81. Examined material. 1 male, Hamadan: Malayer, IV.2005, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, Mazandaran: Qaemshahr, IX.2002, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 male, 2 females, Mazandaran: 3 km S of Kelerd, ~ 200 m (36°29.8'N 52°17.21'E), 27.IV.1999, L. Nádai (CLN); 1 male, Semnan: Damghan, X.2004, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, East Azarbaijan: Maragheh, VIII.2003, Ghahari (MZUF); 1 male, Alborz: Karaj, VI.2004, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, Khorasan: Mashhad, VII.2003, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, Fars: Abadeh, IX.2003, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, Isfahan: Najaf-Abad, VIII.2000, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, 1 female, Ilam: Ilam, IX.2002, H. Ghahari (CLB); 1 male, Kerman: Kerman, VI.2001, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 female, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari: Shahrekord, VII.2003, H. Ghahari (MZUF); 1 male, Guilan: 10 km S Asalem, 150 m, 18.V.2002 (CGLM); 9 males, 9 females (as D. parallelipipedus reichei, det. K.-D. Schenk), Mazandaran: about 19 km SE Sari, 300 m, 26–30.VI.1998, Heinz (CKDS); 1 male, Mazandaran: Nur National Park, Kajvil Forest, ~ 28 m (36°34.763'N, 52°04.035'E), 13.V.2008, K. Víg (CLN); 1 male, 1 female, Guilan: Astara, Chubar, 14.VIII.1976, Reznavi (NMNHI); 1 female, Guilan: 36 km W Bandar-e Anzali, 9.V.1974, Kimbali (NMNHI); 1 female, Guilan: road from Asalem to Heroabad, 10.V.1974, N. Thireau (NMNHI); 8 males, 5 females, Golestan: 150 m, 10 km S Bandar e Gaz (36.45°N, 53.57°E), 27.V–7.VI.2001, G. Sama (MZUF, CLB); 2 males, 5 females (as D. parallelipipedus reichei), Pers. Kopet-Dagh, Siaret [= Golestan: Ziarat], 1160 m, 6.1899 coll. Hauser (NMB); 1 male (as D. parallelipipedus reichei), Pers. Kopet-Dagh, Dascht, 6.1902, coll. Hauser (NMB). Distribution. Widely distributed Palaearctic species (see Bartolozzi & Sprecher-Uebersax 2006). Distribution in Iran. Golestan, Guilan, Khorasan, Mazandaran (Král 2004; Sakenin et al. 2008), West Azerbaijan (Sakenin et al. 2008), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, Fars, Hamadan, Ilam, Isfahan, Kerman, Semnan, Tehran (new records). Remarks. We consider Dorcus parallelipipedus reichei to be a synonym of Dorcus parallelipipedus, as in Bartolozzi & Sprecher-Uebersax (2006). Quoted host plants in Iran are Ficus carica (Moraceae) and Ulmus campestris (Ulmaceae) (Sakenin et al. 2008).

Published as part of Bartolozzi, Luca, Ghahari, Hassan, Sprecher-Uebersax, Eva & Zilioli, Michele, 2014, A checklist of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from Iran, pp. 422-436 in Zootaxa 3887 (3) on page 429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/224822