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A new species Blaps kasatkini sp. nov. is described from Western Iran (Kermanshah Province). The species belongs to the 6th group of the 2nd section sensu Seidlitz and most similar to Transcaucasian species Blaps araxicola Seidlitz, 1893 and Blaps pudica Ballion, 1888 from which it differs by the structure of temples, sculpture of prosternum, presence of hair brush between male abdominal ventrites...