A New Record of Glaphyrid Beetle, Eulasia nitidicollis (Reiche,1862) (Coleoptera, Glaphyridae) From Iraq

Omar, Gazang Taher

doi:10.58928/ku25.16114

	A New Record of Glaphyrid Beetle, Eulasia nitidicollis (Reiche,1862) (Coleoptera, Glaphyridae) From Iraq
Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)
Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 92-95 PDF (344.45 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.58928/ku25.16114
Author
Gazang Taher Omar^*
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq.
Abstract
A new record of glaphyrid beetle, Eulasia nitidicollis (Reiche,1862) was found and described in Iraq. The samples were collected during March to June in 2023 from the weed’s flowers in various locations of Erbil governorate Kurdistan region - Iraq. Distinctive characters of the species were mentioned; Body Oval, head, and thorax shining green. Compound eyes are kidney-shaped, half divided by a canthus. Clypeus black rectangular shaped, posterior margin is slightly convex, angles of anterior acute and of posterior nearly rounded. Labrum rectangular shaped, dark brown, margins of anterior and posterior are straight. Mandible high sclerotized, apical part with three acute denticles. 1st-3rd segments of maxillary palps cup-shaped with sparse of dark brown setae, 4th segment oval prolonged, bare. 2.3 times as long as 3rd segment. Antenna dark brown-black, consisting of 10 antennomeres, ending by three clubs shorter than the stem. Outer margin of the fore tibia with three strong spines. Pronotum bright green sub quadrate,1.3 times as long as head, with dense of long pale yellow setae. Scutellum bright green. Elytra, thin, brown, and elongated oval, surface densely short, black, and yellow setae and sparsely punctate. Abdomen consists of six visible, ground color segments with light greenish reflections and densely pale-yellow setae, the posterior margin is inverted V-shaped. Pygidium exposed beyond the apices of elytra. Aedeagus yellow- dark yellow, cylindrical shaped, parameres, short, tubular shaped, slightly expanded at the middle part, the basal piece is short and oval-shaped. The important taxonomic parts such as, labrum, mandibles, Maxilla, antennae, protibiae and male genitalia were photographed. Localities, date of collection and plant hosts were mentioned.
Keywords
Coleoptera; Glaphyridae; New record; Eulasia nitidicollis; Iraq

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