Melanotus fusciceps (Gyllenhal, 1817)

Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4137 (2), pp. 239-275 : 267

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4691C0A2-D698-4FA5-A48B-004231627A00
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6072733
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA5987D6-FFB2-281A-CEB0-5DAFCDEFF97A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Melanotus fusciceps (Gyllenhal, 1817)
status

Treatment

Melanotus mutatus Harold, 1869.

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Isfahan, Markazi ( Bagheri et al. 2004a), Bushehr, Fars, Qazvin, West Azarbaijan, Zanjan ( Cate et al. 2002), Golestan ( Mardjanian et al. 2013), Iran (no locality cited) ( Ménétriés 1832; Jakobson 1913; Schenkling 1927; Khanjani 2006; Platia 2013a).

New materials. Fars (Kazerun: Bishapur) (Platia coll.).

General distribution. Albania ( Pedroni & Platia 2010), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Azores, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldavia, Romania, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine ( Cate 2007).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Elateridae
SubFamily	Elaterinae
Tribe	Melanotini
Genus	Melanotus