Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002

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.6072751
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA5987D6-FFB3-281B-CEB0-5C6CC8F0FB72
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-07-11 06:27:14, last updated by Felipe 2025-01-03 12:12:20)
scientific name	Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002
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Distribution in Iran. Sistan & Baluchestan ( Cate et al. 2002), Iran (no locality cited) ( Cate 2007; Platia 2013 a, 2015).

General distribution. Afghanistan ( Platia 2008), Iran ( 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.

Mardjanian, M. A. (2015) New species of click-beetles of the genus Melanotus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Armenia & Iran. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 94 (1), 148.

Platia, G. (2008) Descriptions of new species of click beetles from the Palearctic Region and Taiwan, with chorological and synonymical notes (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia naturale della Romagna, 27, 187 - 215.

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.