Published July 11, 2016 | Version v1
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Melanotus castanipes Paykull 1800

Description

Melanotus castanipes (Paykull, 1800)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Mazandaran (Cate et al. 2002), Iran (no locality cited) (Cate 2007; Platia 2013a).

General distribution. Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine; Nearctic Region (Cate 2007).

Notes

Published as part of Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, pp. 239-275 in Zootaxa 4137 (2) on page 267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/255211

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Paykull
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Melanotus
Species
castanipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melanotus castanipes Paykull, 1800 sec. Platia & Ghahari, 2016

References

  • Cate, P. C., Platia, G. & Schimmel, R. (2002) New species and records of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Iran, with a checklist of known species. Folia Heyrovskyana, 10 (1), 25 - 68.
  • Cate, P. G. (2007) Family Elateridae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 89 - 209.
  • Platia, G. (2013 a) Click-beetles collected in Iran by the expeditions of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt with description of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae). Vernate, 32, 391 - 402.