Family: Cantharidae
Original taxon name: Metacantharis balcanograeca n. sp.
Author of the original taxon name: Wittmer, W.
Classic locality: Jugoslawien: Igbar-Tal (wahrschenlich in Bosnien)
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was first described in: Wittmer, W. (1969). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Metacantharis Bourg. (Col. Cantharidae). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 80: 70-93 pp.
Economy where the taxon was described in: BIH(FBH)
Specific description of the place: Idbar River valley
Global distribution of taxon: ALB,GRC,MNE[?]
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was accepted in: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Volume 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. Stenstrup: 935pp pp.