Information: Aclypea cicatricosa, is a very rare endemic mountain species from southern Iran. The species was described by Reitter in 1884 based on a single female from 'Persia'.
A single precise record from Iran (Kerman province) was given by Růžička (1996). Specimens reported from southern Turkmenistan by Nikolaev (1990) were later re-examined by Nikolaev & Kozminykh (2002) and described as Aclypea kopetdaghica Nikolaev, 2002.
Body length: ~ 15 mm
Peak activity: April - Jun
Remarks: Aclypea cicatricosa, which I observed in southern Iran in the Jabel Barez mountains at an altitude of 2300 meters, inhabits low bushes.
Distribution: Iran
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Iran 
Kerman prov.
Jabel Barez Mts.
Deh Bakri (pass) ده بکری
(GPS) [28°59'54"N 57°53'59"E] 
Altitude 2300 m a.s.l. | 29.5.2014
Our observation period: May ~ Jun
Sampling Methods: on bushes and vegetation 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
