Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) fauna of Mazandaran province of Iran
34 species of jewel-beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) were collected in Mazandaran province of Iran during 2007-2008. Of these 3 species (<i>Anthaxia sponsa </i>Kiesenwetter, 1857, <i>Agrilus derasofasciatus </i>Lacordaire, 1835, <i>Agrilus obscuricollis </i>Kiesenwetter, 1857) are new for Iranian fauna, and 14 species (<i>Acmaeoderella mimonti </i>(Boieldieu, 1865), <i>Acmaeoderella gibbulosa </i>(Menetries, 1832), <i>Lamprodila tuerki </i>(Ganglbauer, 1882), <i>Sphenoptera cauta cauta </i>Jakovlev, 1904, <i>Sphenoptera simplex </i>Jakovlev, 1893, <i>Sphenoptera tappesi </i>Marseul, 1865, <i>Anthaxia passerini </i>(Pecchioli, 1837), <i>Anthaxia hungarica sitta </i>(Kuster, 1852), <i>Agrilus graminis </i>Kiesenwette, 1857, <i>Agrilus pratensis </i>Ratzeburg, 1837, <i>Agrilus hyperici </i>(Creutzer, 1799), <i>Coraebus elatus </i>(Fabricius, 1787), <i>Trachys minutus </i>(Linnaeus, 1758) and <i>Trachys phlyctaenoides </i>Kolenati, 1846) are new for Mazandaran province.