Click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Khuzestan province (Iran): with three new species, Craspedostethus izehensis sp. n., Dicronychus khuzestanicus sp. n. and Gurjevelater catei sp. n. Author Nasserzadeh, Hiva Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran Author Platia, Giuseppe Via Molino Vecchio, 21 a, 47043 - Gatteo (FC), Italy Author Serri, Sayeh Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-18 5346 2 101 130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.1 journal article 268661 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.1 fad649af-4e78-47fb-9657-c0804303efaf 1175-5326 8354558 E2B84393-BA33-4ECE-944D-4623DA0B9603 Dicronychus houschkai Platia, 2011 ( Map 5 ) Material examined ( HMIM ). Khuzestan province : 1 ex. : “13- June , AHVAZ , IRAN , 1915, L. T ” ; 1 ex. : “KHOUZESTAN [ KHUZESTAN ], Ahvaz , Mollasani , 9.5.1975 — 40 m . , PAZUKI, BORUMAND” ; 2 exs. ( CPG ): Ahvaz , 5.IV.2018 , G. Sabatinelli , at light . Climate types . Arid, with mild winters and very warm summers. Distribution in Palaearctic Region. Asia: Iran , Iraq , Syria (Platia 2011, Platia & Akrawi 2013 ; Platia & Pulvirenti 2021a ).