A checklist of the soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Cantharidae) of Iran
Author
Fanti, Fabrizio
Author
Ghahari, Hassan
text
Zootaxa
2016
4196
4
529
551
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.4
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Cordicantharis cyanipennis
(
Faldermann, 1835
)
Cantharis caspica
Reitter, 1898
: 122
–123. Locus typicus: “Nordpersien: Alburs” (Carl Rost). [synonymized by
Kazantsev 2004
: 23
].
Cantharis Elata
Faldermann in
Dejean, 1833
: 106
(
nomen nudum
) and
Dejean, 1836
: 119
(
nomen nudum
). [synonymized by Dejean].
Distribution in
Iran
.
Alborz
(
Reitter 1898
).
Ardabil
:
Bogrov Mts.,
1,700 m
(
Švihla 1999, as
Cordicantharis caspica
).
Guilan
:
Sheyk Mahalleh (
Švihla 1999
), Assalem,
1,300 m
(
Švihla 1999, as
Cordicantharis caspica
).
Mazandaran
:
Elburz
(
Koçak & Kemal 2015, as
Cordicantharis caspica
),
30 km
SW Chalus, Kelardasht (
Švihla 1999
),
Central
Elborz, Kelardasht,
1,700 m
(
Švihla 1999, as
Cordicantharis caspica
).
Generic records:
Iran
(
Gemminger & Harold 1869
[
Persia
occ.: as
Telephorus violaceus
var.
cyanipennis
and
var.
elatus
]; Baudi di Selve 1872 [
Persia
: as
Cantharis elata
, thought to be a synonym of
Ancistronycha violacea
];
Hicker 1925
[
Persia
, as
Cantharis caspia
sic!];
Delkeskamp 1939
[North
Persia
, as
Cantharis caspica
and
Persia
, as
elata
,
synonym of
var.
cyanipennis
, both thought to be synonyms of
Ancistronycha violacea
], 1977 [North
Persia
: as
Cantharis caspica
and
Persia
: as
elata
, synonym of
var.
cyanipennis
, and both thought to be synonyms of
Ancistronycha violacea
];
Wittmer 1972
[described for North
Persia
: as
Cantharis caspica
];
Kazantsev 2004
;
Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007
).
Remarks.
Endemic to Iran. The records for Armenia and Azerbaijan (
Švihla 1999
;
Koçak & Kemal 2015
) are actually to be referred to
Islamocantharis auroraensis
Kazantsev.
Cantharis elata
Faldermann
is a
nomen nudum
in
Dejean (1833
: 106, 1836: 119), considered as a synonym of
Cantharis cyanipennis
Ziegler
and indicated for “Russia merid.”.
Gemminger & Harold (1869)
considered
elata
as a synonym of
var.
cyanipennis
Faldermann
(
cyanypennis
Ziegler) both thought to be synonyms of
Ancistronycha violacea
Paykull. Baudi di Selve (1872)
and
Delkeskamp (1939
,
1977
) also considered this species as a synonym of
A. violacea
. It is possible that, over the years, the name
Cantharis cyanipennis
Faldermann
, would have been confused with
Telephorus cyanipennis
Bach
, now synonym of
Ancistronycha abdominalis
. Furthermore, there are three species similar and prone to being confused with each other, mainly due to blue metallic elytra (see also
Švihla 1999
):
Ancistronycha abdominalis
(Fabricius)
,
Ancistronycha violacea
(Paykull)
and
Cordicantharis cyanipennis
(Faldermann)
. No
Ancistronycha
species are currently recorded for Iran and Transcaucasia (
Švihla 1999
); thus, we believe that all specimens with blue metallic elytra (named
cyanipennis
in literature) are to be referred to
Cordicantharis cyanipennis
(Faldermann)
.