Cardiophorus goezei Sanchez-Ruiz, 1996

Platia, Giuseppe & Ghahari, Hassan, 2016, An annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4137 (2), pp. 239-275 : 246

Cardiophorus goezei Sanchez-Ruiz, 1996

Cardiophorus ruflpes (Goeze, 1777).

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran ( Mardjanian et al. 2008), Iran (no locality cited) ( Cate 2007). General distribution.? Algeria,? Armenia, Austria,? Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,? Egypt, France,? Georgia, Germany, Hungary,? Iran, Italy,? Kazakhstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldavia,? Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania,? Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,? Tunisia,? Turkey,? Turkmenistan ( Cate 2007).

Comments. Presence of this species in Iran is doubtful and needs confirmation. Additionally, the presence in the countries with question mark is dubious in opinion of G.P.