Melanotus loudai Platia & Gudenzi, 2005

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.6072747
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA5987D6-FFB3-281B-CEB0-5ADFCE9AFCC6
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scientific name	Melanotus loudai Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
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Distribution in Iran. Razavi Khorasan (50 km NE Mashhad; Sandiz, W Mashhad; Pass 55 km N Ghuchan ( Platia & Gudenzi 2005), Iran (no locality cited) ( Platia 2013a).

General distribution. Afghanistan, Iran ( Cate 2007).

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. & Gudenzi, I. (2005) Description of eleven new species of click-beetles of the palearctic region, a case of legs teratology and new records of some species of the italian fauna. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna, 21, 109 - 127.

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.