Metacantharis clypeata (Illiger, 1798)

Cantharis signata Faldermann, 1835: 186 . Locus typicus: not indicated but referable to Russia, Transcaucasia (Persico- Armeniaca).

haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1792 ( Cantharis); inlimbatus Pic, 1902 ( Cantharis); meziendi Marseul, 1864 ( Telephorus); nivea Panzer, 1798 ( Cantharis); rubens Marseul, 1864 ( Telephorus); testacea Scopoli, 1763 ( Cantharis).

Distribution in Iran. Guilan: Assalem between Hashtpar and Heroabad, 1,800 m (Wittmer 1972). Hamadan: Nahavand, 34°14'N 48°14'E (Samin et al. 2015). North Khorasan: Ala Dagh (Horion 1953). Tehran: Abgarm, Damavand, 2,100-2,400 m (Wittmer 1972). Generic records: Iran (Gemminger & Harold 1869 [Persia occ., as Telephorus lividus var. signatus Faldermann]; Kaszab 1955 [Persia]; Moscardini 1968 [Persia], 1969 [Horion 1953: Persia]; Delkeskamp 1977; Kazantsev 2004, 2011; Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Silkin 2008; Yildirim et al. 2011; Fanti 2014; Kerimova & Huseynova 2014; Koçak & Kemal 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Algeria, Armenia, Central and Southern parts of Europe and European Russia, Great Britain, Lithuania, Turkey, Ukraine (Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Yildirim et al. 2011).