Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758

Fanti, Fabrizio & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, A checklist of the soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Cantharidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 529-551 : 535

Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758

alexandris Pic, 1914; analis Stephens, 1829 ( Telephorus ) nomen nudum [nomen nudum also in Stephens, 1829b, 1830, 1833]; conditiva Pic, 1912; confinis Stephens, 1830 ( Telephorus ) [as nomen nudum in Stephens, 1829a, 1829b]; faetida Ménétriés, 1832; griseipennis Stephens, 1835 ( Telephorus ) [as nomen nudum in Stephens, 1833]; korbi Pic, 1912; litterata Eschscholtz, 1818; liturata Fallén, 1807; maculicollis Stephens, 1835 ( Telephorus ) [as nomen nudum in Stephens, 1833]; padana Fiori, 1914; roelofsi Pic, 1913; rufescens Dietrich, 1857 ( Telephorus ); tenuelimbatus Ballion, 1871 ( Telephorus ); testaceipes Stephens, 1830 ( Telephorus ); turkestanica Pic, 1913.

Distribution in Iran. Generic records: Iran ( Kerimova & Huseynova 2014).

Distribution outside Iran. Caucasus, most of Europe, Siberia, Turkey ( Kerimova & Huseynova 2014), widespread and common in Europe and Asia ( Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Kazantsev 2011; Fanti 2014).

Remarks. This species occurs in the Caucasian region, and its presence in Iran is perhaps possible only near the border with Armenia and Azerbaijan. Introduced in North America ( Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Kazantsev 2011; Fanti 2014).