Melanotus villosus (Fourcroy, 1785)

Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4137 (2), pp. 239-275 : 268

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.6072761
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA5987D6-FFB3-2818-CEB0-5F3CC850FF62
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-07-11 06:27:14, last updated by Felipe 2025-01-03 12:12:20)
scientific name	Melanotus villosus (Fourcroy, 1785)
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Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, Guilan ( Cate et al. 2002), Mazandaran ( Platia 2013a), Iran (no locality cited) ( Cate 2007).

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Moldavia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine ( Cate 2007), Pakistan ( Platia 2015a).

References

Cate, P. C., Platia, G. & Schimmel, R. (2002) New species and records of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Iran, with a checklist of known species. Folia Heyrovskyana, 10 (1), 25 - 68.

Cate, P. G. (2007) Family Elateridae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 89 - 209.

Platia, G. (2013 a) Click-beetles collected in Iran by the expeditions of the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt with description of two new species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae). Vernate, 32, 391 - 402.

Platia, G. (2015 a) New species and records of Elateridae from North Pakistan, mostly collected by Guido Sabatinelli in 2011 - 2012 (Coleoptera). Arquivos Entomoloxicos, 13, 3 - 52.