Canthophorus melanopterus ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835 )

Ghahari, Hassan, Chérot, Frédéric, Linnavuori, Rauno & Ostovan, Hadi, 2009, Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae), ZooKeys 26 (26), pp. 3-31 : 16

36) Canthophorus melanopterus ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

Cydnus melanopterus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835: 55 (as new species).

Canthophorus melanopterus: Asanova 1964: 143 (new combination).

Iran records: Hoberlandt 1995: 189 [under the spelling Camptoporus melanopterus ]; Linnavuori 2007: 89; Lis 1999: 221–222, 2006: 141; Modarres Awal 1996b: 107 [under the combination Sehirus melanopterus ], 1997: 71 [under the combinations “ Sehirus dubius var. melanoptera H-S” et “ S. melanopterus H-S”, treated as the names of two different taxa]; Safavi 1959: 31 [as Sehirus dubius var. melanoptera ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) ]; Wagner 1961: 157 [under the combination Sehirus melanopterus ].

Distribution in Iran: Ardabil, Azarbaijan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Kurdistan, Tehran provinces.

Distribution outside Iran: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, China (Beijing?), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia (South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.