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Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elbursiaca Wittmer 1972

Description

Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elbursiaca Wittmer, 1972

Distribution in Iran. Alborz: 14 km N of Karaj, 1,600 m (Wittmer 1972). Mazandaran: Haraz and Darbantal, 2,400 m (Wittmer 1972), Elburs Mt. (Delkeskamp 1977). Tehran: Tscham-Tschak, 3,000 m (Wittmer 1972), Darband, 25 km N of Tehran, 2,000 m (Wittmer 1972). Generic records: W Iran (Švihla 1993b), Iran (Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007).

Remarks. Endemic to Iran.

Notes

Published as part of Fanti, Fabrizio & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, A checklist of the soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Cantharidae) of Iran, pp. 529-551 in Zootaxa 4196 (4) on pages 539-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/168319

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wittmer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cantharidae
Genus
Rhagonycha
Species
elbursiaca
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elbursiaca Wittmer, 1972 sec. Fanti & Ghahari, 2016

References

  • Wittmer, W. (1972) Zur Kenntnis der Cantharidae Irans. (54. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaarktischen Cantharidae Col.). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 82 (2), 193 - 204.
  • Delkeskamp, K. (1977) Pars 165 (I): Cantharidae - Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa edita a J. a. Wilcox. dr. W. Junk bv. Publishers: The Hague, 485 pp.
  • Svihla, V. (1993 b) Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Rhagonycha Eschsch. (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Eastern Mediterranean. Entomologica Basiliensia, 16, 255 - 277.
  • Kazantsev, S. V. & Brancucci, M. (2007) Cantharidae, pp. 234 - 298. In: Lobl. I., Smetana, A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4, Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 935 pp.