Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758 andersoni Frost, 1922; bicolorata Ragusa, 1894; canescens Schaller, 1783; dispar Fabricius, 1792; dispar Paykull, 1798; distinguendus Gautier des Cottes, 1872 (Telephorus); eremita Rosenhauer, 1856; femoralis Baudi di Selve, 1872; ferdinandi Pic, 1909; flavus De Geer, 1774 (Telephorus); fusca Scopoli, 1763; hungarica Csiki, 1903; inscapularis Pic, 1909; latescapularis Pic, 1953; luteiceps Schilsky, 1888; media Gmelin, 1790; mendax Rey, 1891 (Telephorus); menetriesii Faldermann, 1839; minutehumeralis Pic, 1953; mostarensis Pic, 1926; nigrifrons Stephens, 1835 (Telephorus) [Telephorus nigrifrons Stephens, 1833 nomen nudum; the correct description date is 1835, because in the article of 1833 this species appears only as nomen nudum: Stephens 1833: column 45, 1832-1835: 415]; nigripennis Schilsky, 1888; nigripes Schilsky, 1889; nudipennis Reitter, 1911; opacus O. F. Müller, 1776 (Thelephorus sic!); paganosa Pic, 1942; predispar Pic, 1942; rufescens Trella, 1925; ruficeps Reitter, 1911; rufipes Herbst, 1784; scapularis L. Redtenbacher, 1858; sicula Bourgeois, 1893; subrufipes Bauer, 1914; sulcicornis Reitter, 1911; unicoloriceps Kaszab, 1955; varrendorffi Reitter, 1904. Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan: Arasbaran (Ghahari et al. 2012). Golestan: Nokandeh, Gonbad (Ghahari et al. 2012). Hamadan (Islami & Nikbakhtzadeh 2009). Tehran: Khojeer and Sorkhe-Hesar National Parks (Ezzoddinloo & Mohammadian 2012). West Azarbaijan: Oshnavieh, 37°03'N 45°05'E (Samin et al. 2015). Distribution outside Iran. Europe, Israel, Morocco, Turkey, West Siberia (Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Kazantsev 2011). Remarks. Introduced in North America (Kazantsev & Brancucci 2007; Kazantsev 2011; Fanti 2014).

Published as part of Fanti, Fabrizio & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, A checklist of the soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Cantharidae) of Iran, pp. 529-551 in Zootaxa 4196 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/168319