2. Stenus melanarius melanarius Stephens, 1833

Stenus melanarius Stephens, 1833: 299 .

Stenus cinerascens Erichson, 1839: 539; Waterhouse and Janson, 1855: 150.

Stenus gracilentus Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 578; Ganglbauer, 1895: 574.

Stenus nigripalpis Thomson, 1857: 224; J. Sahlberg, 1876: 55.

Stenus verecundus Sharp, 1874: 81; Puthz, 2008: 149.

Stenus rugulosus Rey, 1884: 268; Ganglbauer, 1895: 575.

Stenus notatus Rey, 1884: 255; Ganglbauer, 1895: 572.

Stenus walkeri Bernhauer, 1931: 126; Puthz, 1968b: 45.

Stenus orientalis Bernhauer, 1931: 127; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1168.

Material examined. China: Guangdong: Shenzhen: 53♂♂ 24♀♀, Luohu District, Hetangguang, mixed leaf litter near a stream, sifted, 22°35’50.94’’N, 114°10’47.96’’E, alt. 45m, 17.XI.2018, Cheng, Shuai & Zhao leg. (SHNU) ; 1♀, Mt. Wutong, Taishanjian, mixed leaf litter, sifted, 22°35’50.94’’N, 114°10’47.96’’E, alt. 284m, 18.XI.2018, Cheng, Shuai & Zhao leg. (SHNU) ; 4♂♂ 2♀♀, Luohu District, Hetangguang, mixed leaf litter near a stream, sifted, 22°35’50.94’’N, 114°10’47.96’’E, alt. 30m, 25.III.2019, Tang, Shuai, Zhao, Zhou & Xia leg. (SHNU) .

Distribution. China (Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Hunan, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia, Taiwan), Europe, Russia, Mogolia, Japan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbajian, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Philippines.