Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758

Fanti, Fabrizio & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, A checklist of the soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Cantharidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 529-551 : 533

Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758

andersoni Frost, 1922; bicolorata Ragusa, 1894; canescens Schaller, 1783; dispar Fabricius, 1792; dispar Paykull, 1798; distinguendus Gautier des Cottes, 1872 ( Telephorus ); eremita Rosenhauer, 1856; femoralis Baudi di Selve, 1872; ferdinandi Pic, 1909; flavus De Geer, 1774 ( Telephorus ); fusca Scopoli, 1763; hungarica Csiki, 1903; inscapularis Pic, 1909; latescapularis Pic, 1953; luteiceps Schilsky, 1888; media Gmelin, 1790; mendax Rey, 1891 ( Telephorus ); menetriesii Faldermann, 1839; minutehumeralis Pic, 1953; mostarensis Pic, 1926; nigrifrons Stephens, 1835 (Telephorus) [ Telephorus nigrifrons Stephens, 1833 nomen nudum; the correct description date is 1835, because in the article of 1833 this species appears only as nomen nudum: Stephens 1833: column 45, 1832-1835: 415]; nigripennis Schilsky, 1888; nigripes Schilsky, 1889; nudipennis Reitter, 1911; opacus O. F. Müller, 1776 ( Thelephorus sic!); paganosa Pic, 1942; predispar Pic, 1942; rufescens Trella, 1925; ruficeps Reitter, 1911; rufipes Herbst, 1784; scapularis L. Redtenbacher, 1858; sicula Bourgeois, 1893; subrufipes Bauer, 1914; sulcicornis Reitter, 1911; unicoloriceps Kaszab, 1955; varrendorffi Reitter, 1904.

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan: Arasbaran ( Ghahari et al. 2012). Golestan: Nokandeh, Gonbad ( Ghahari et al. 2012). Hamadan ( Islami & Nikbakhtzadeh 2009). Tehran: Khojeer and Sorkhe-Hesar National Parks ( Ezzoddinloo & Mohammadian 2012). West Azarbaijan: Oshnavieh, 37°03'N 45°05'E ( Samin et al. 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Europe, Israel, Morocco, Turkey, West Siberia ( Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Kazantsev 2011).

Remarks. Introduced in North America ( Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Kazantsev 2011; Fanti 2014).