Stenus ater Mannerheim, 1830
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Stenus ater Mannerheim, 1830 Fig. 3 View Figures 1–6 , Suppl. material 1
Chorology.
Stenus ater is widespread in the West Palaearctic and recorded as far east as European Russia, Azerbaijan, and North Iran, where it reaches its eastern limit of distribution in the Turkmeno-Khorasanian Mountains at about 58°06'E (Fig. 3 View Figures 1–6 ). Records from Kazakhstan ( Smetana 2004: 554), which were adopted by Schülke and Smetana (2015: 806), mainly refer to other species and are not reliable ( Kastcheev and Puthz 2011: 454). In Iran, Stenus ater is the most widespread member of the Stenus ater group. Towards the east, it is replaced by its close relative Stenus mongolicus . The two species occur sympatrically in the eastern Elburz and the Turkmeno-Khorasanian Mountains (Fig. 3 View Figures 1–6 ). Ghahari et al. (2009b: 1964) recently published Stenus ater for Behshahr, Mazandaran, a record which is in accord with the distribution pattern of the species.
Biogeographical characterization.
Judging from the vast distribution in the Mediterranean, we consider Stenus ater to be an expansive Holomediterranean faunal element.
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