Philoctetes bidentulus

Philoctetes bidentulus (Lepeletier, 1806) Hedychrum bidentulum Lepeletier, 1806:121. Neotype ♂ designated by Rosa & Xu, 2015:81; France: Loire-Atlantique department, Machecoul (Luzern). Philoctetes bidentulus: Strumia & Fallahzadeh, 2015:19 (Lorestan); Farhad et al., 2018:197 (key), 198 (Lorestan). Distribution. Iran (Lorestan). Palaearctic, from Europe to Western Asia and probably Siberia; Northern Africa (Rosa et al., 2013). Remarks. The occurrence of Philoctetes bidentulus in Iran needs confirmation. Apparently, the very similar species Philoctetes kuznetzovi is common in the country and the identification of P. bidentulus may be related to this species.