Published September 18, 2023 | Version v1
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Melanotus bishapurensis Platia 2014

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

Description

Melanotus bishapurensis Platia, 2014

(Map 8)

Material examined (HMIM, CPG). Khuzestan province: 4 exs. (3 HMIM, 1 CPG): “ KHUZESTAN, Izeh—Susan [Soosan], 910m., 2.VI.1998, Mof. [Mofidi]/Ebrā. [Ebrāhimi]”; 1 ex. (HMIM): Andika, Shimbaar P.A., Chelo to Taaraaz rd., Soosan-Sorkhaab vill., N32°20’03.8” E48°46’09.2”, 708 m., 07. VI.2019, leg. H. Nasserzadeh (L. T.).

Climate types. Arid to semi-arid, with mild winters and very warm summers.

Distribution in Palaearctic Region. Asia: Iran (Fars and Khuzestan (first record) provinces in southern and southwestern of Iran) (Platia 2014).

Notes

Published as part of Nasserzadeh, Hiva, Platia, Giuseppe & Serri, Sayeh, 2023, Click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Khuzestan province (Iran): with three new species, Craspedostethus izehensis sp. n., Dicronychus khuzestanicus sp. n. and Gurjevelater catei sp. n., pp. 101-130 in Zootaxa 5346 (2) on page 109, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8354558

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1998-06-02
Verbatim event date
1998-06-02
Scientific name authorship
Platia
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Melanotus
Species
bishapurensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melanotus bishapurensis Platia, 2014 sec. Nasserzadeh, Platia & Serri, 2023