Chlorophorus hircanus, a rare species endemic to Iran, has been described from "Astrabad" (nowadays Gorgan, Iran) as Clytanthus hircanus by Maurice Pic in 1905 [❖].

Body length:	9 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	unknown, probably polyphagous in deciduous trees as the sister species from C. nivipictus-cluster
Distribution:	an endemic species to Iran

The depicted beetle was beaten from blossoming hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) in Kīnj (كينج‎) village environs (1550-1600 m a.s.l, Kojur district, Nowshahr county, Māzandarān province, Iran) in May 22, 2019.

Collected by D.Navrátil

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[❖]
Pic M.:
Descriptions abrégées et notes diverses (2e article).
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 21 (243): 113-115, 1905. [download ]

[✧]
Sama G.:
Contribution à la connaissance des Longicornes de Grèce et d'Asie Mineure (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 12 (4) [1995]: 101-116, 1996. [download ]