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Melanotus iranicus Platia & Gudenzi 1999

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran. & Via Molino Vecchio, 21 a, 47043 - Gatteo (FC), Italy.

Description

Melanotus iranicus Platia & Gudenzi, 1999

(Map 6)

Material examined (HMIM). Ardabil province: 3 exs.: “ ARDABIL, Meshkinshahr, Ilându, 1800 m., 3.VII.1997, Bar./Mof.”.

Climate types. Semi-arid, cold winters and mild summers.

Notes

Published as part of Nasserzadeh, Hiva, 2021, A study of the click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of northwestern Iran with three new species Reitterelater prosternalis sp. n., Melanotus borumandi sp. n. and M. kurdestanicus sp. n., pp. 338-368 in Zootaxa 4941 (3) on page 352, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4595227

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1997-07-03
Verbatim event date
1997-07-03
Scientific name authorship
Platia & Gudenzi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Melanotus
Species
iranicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melanotus iranicus Platia, 1999 sec. Nasserzadeh, 2021

References

  • Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. (1999) New species and new or interesting records of click-beetles from Iran and Iraq (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Entomologica Fennica, 10 (2), 117 - 125. https: // doi. org / 10.33338 / ef. 84008