New and reconfirmed records of Sphenoptera orichalcea (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from Iran and Armenia

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kalashian, Mark, Davodi, Morteza, Karimpour, Younes (2022): New and reconfirmed records of Sphenoptera orichalcea (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from Iran and Armenia. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1): 1-7, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.1.1, URL: doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.1 ABSTRACT. Based on materials recently collected in Iran and Armenia, jewel-beetle Sphenoptera (Chrysoblemma) orichalcea (Pallas, 1781) is reported for the first time for Iranian fauna, and occurrence of the species in Armenia is also reconfirmed.

Some diagnostic characters, ecological and biological notes along with photographs are provided.