Cardiophorus nigratissimus Buysson, 1891

Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4137 (2), pp. 239-275 : 247

Cardiophorus nigratissimus Buysson, 1891

Distribution in Iran. Bushehr, East Azarbaijan, Khuzestan, Zanjan ( Cate et al. 2002), Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari ( Bagheri et al. 2004a), Fars, Qazvin, Tehran ( Platia 2013a), Golestan (Mardjanaian et al. 2013), Iran (no locality cited) ( Buysson 1906; Jakobson 1913; Mardjanian 1987; Agaev 1988; Khanjani 2006; Cate 2007; Platia 2013a). New materials. Fars (Mian Jangal), Guilan (Sang Rud-Jirand), Hamadan (Goltappe to Allsadr cave Road, 20 km S Allsadr), Kordestan (13 km S Saqqez; 34 km S Sanandaj), Lorestan (5–15 km SW Dorud; Azna-Arak road; Caman Sultan), West Azarbajjan (Ghasemlo S Orumiyeh), Zanjan (Zangan-Passo N Sorkheh Disaj) (Platia coll.). General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan ( Cate 2007), Russia (South European Territory) ( Prosvirov 2013).