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 Metacantharis clypeata (Illiger, 1798) Cantharis signata Faldermann, 1835 : 186 . Locus typicus: not indicated but referable to Russia, Transcaucasia (Persico- Armeniaca). haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1792 ( Cantharis ); inlimbatus Pic, 1902 ( Cantharis ); meziendi Marseul, 1864 ( Telephorus ); nivea Panzer, 1798 ( Cantharis ); rubens Marseul, 1864 ( Telephorus ); testacea Scopoli, 1763 ( Cantharis ). Distribution in Iran . Guilan : Assalem between Hashtpar and Heroabad, 1,800 m ( Wittmer 1972 ). Hamadan : Nahavand, 34°14'N 48°14'E ( Samin et al. 2015 ). North Khorasan : Ala Dagh ( Horion 1953 ). Tehran : Abgarm, Damavand, 2,100-2,400 m ( Wittmer 1972 ). Generic records: Iran ( Gemminger & Harold 1869 [ Persia occ., as Telephorus lividus var. signatus Faldermann ]; Kaszab 1955 [ Persia ]; Moscardini 1968 [ Persia ], 1969 [ Horion 1953: Persia ]; Delkeskamp 1977 ; Kazantsev 2004 , 2011 ; Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007 ; Silkin 2008 ; Yildirim et al. 2011 ; Fanti 2014 ; Kerimova & Huseynova 2014 ; Koçak & Kemal 2015 ). Distribution outside Iran . Algeria , Armenia , Central and Southern parts of Europe and European Russia , Great Britain, Lithuania , Turkey , Ukraine ( Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007 ; Yildirim et al. 2011 ).