Cantharis (Cantharis) melaspoides Wittmer, 1971

Fanti, Fabrizio & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, A checklist of the soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Cantharidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 529-551 : 534

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DD76B136-1E3D-4CE2-9D6E-600EE061123B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6072839
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3255159-D320-C163-DAE9-FDE836DDFCFA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cantharis (Cantharis) melaspoides Wittmer, 1971
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Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan: Maragheh, 37°23'N 46°24'E ( Samin et al. 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Caucasus, Turkey ( Kerimova & Huseynova 2014), Israel ( Švihla 1999; Koçak & Kemal 2015), Jordan, Lebanon, Syria ( Švihla 1999; Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Samin et al. 2015).

Remarks. All record from Turkey, Caucasus and Iran are potentially erroneous and require validation because C. melaspoides Wittmer is identical, in external appearance, to both C. livida Linnaeus and C. melaspis (Chevrolat) . Recognition of this species is only possible by dissection and aedeagus examination.