Ampedus cretensis Platia, 2004

Ghahari, Hassan, Packova, Gabriela, Platia, Giuseppe & Kundrata, Robin, 2024, Updates and additions to the annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Iran, Zootaxa 5432 (2), pp. 250-266 : 258

Ampedus cretensis Platia, 2004

Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran ( Marjanyan & Barimani Varandi 2014).

General distribution. Greece ( Cate 2007),? Iran ( Marjanyan & Barimani Varandi 2014).

Comments. Considering the distribution of A. cretensis in Greece: Crete, the record of this species from Iran by Marjanyan & Barimani Varandi (2014) is dubious and highly improbable (as authors themselves pointed out by the question mark before the species name). Therefore, the specimen reported by the authors should be re-examined by experts (R. Kundrata, G. Platia).