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 85534d6d-120f-4b9d-ad24-d7a9c70d4c18 1175-5326 168319 DD76B136-1E3D-4CE2-9D6E-600EE061123B Rhagonycha ( Rhagonycha ) lencoranica Kazantsev, 1992 Distribution in Iran . Guilan : Assalem, between Hashtpar and Heroabad, 1,300 m ( Wittmer 1972, as Rhagonycha talyschensis ), Tales ( Kazantsev 1992 : Iranian Talysh [ Wittmer 1972 ]). Generic records: Iran ( Delkeskamp 1977, as Rhagonycha talyschensis ). Distribution outside Iran . Azerbaijan ( Delkeskamp 1977 ; Kazantsev 2004 , 2011 ; Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007 ; Koçak & Kemal 2015 ). Remarks. Kazantsev (1992) referred Wittmer’s (1972) record of Rhagonycha talyschensis Yablokov- Khnzorian, from Assalem, Iranian Talysh to Rhagonycha lencoranica . Regarding this last species being explicitly cited for Iran, it is unclear why subsequent articles ( Kazantsev 2004 , 2011 ; Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007 ; Koçak & Kemal 2015 ) stated it as endemic to Azerbaijan. Both species are present in Lenkoran District/Talysh ( Azerbaijan ) near the Iranian border (see above and under Rhagonycha talyschensis below).