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 Malthinus ( Malthinus ) validiceps Pic, 1928 Distribution in Iran . Generic records: Iran ( Pic 1928 [ Persia ]; Delkeskamp 1939 [ Persia ], 1977 [ Persia ]; Wittmer 1972 ; Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007 ). Remarks. Endemic to Iran and poorly known species; record based only on the original description.