The type locality of Rhagodes caucasicus Birula, 1905 is corrected and identified as Tuzluca (Kul'p), Iğdir Province, eastern Turkey instead of Armenia. A new record for the Iranian solpugid fauna is also reported: Rhagodes caucasicus Birula, 1905 from Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. The redescription of new material of Rhagodes caucasicus from Turkey is included.
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1 December 2015
Correction of the Type Locality of Rhagodes Caucasicus, and the First Record of the Species from Iran With Redescription of the Species from Turkey (Solifugae: Rhagodidae)
Halil Koç,
Mohammed Moradi,
Melek Erdek,
Ersen Aydın Yağmur,
Pooyan Moradi Gharahkloo
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Entomological News
Vol. 125 • No. 4
December 2015
Vol. 125 • No. 4
December 2015
Iran
new record
Rhagodes
Rhagodidae
Solifugae
Turkey
type locality