Stenus cautus Erichson, 1839

Serri, Sayeh & Frisch, Johannes, 2016, Species diversity, chorology, and biogeography of the Steninae MacLeay, 1825 of Iran, with comparative notes on Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (1), pp. 17-44 : 20-21

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Staphylinidae

Stenus cautus Erichson, 1839 Fig. 6, Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus cautus is widely distributed across the temperate and northern Palaearctic from France to the Russian Far East. The first record for Iran was published by Puthz (2012a: 304). As far as known presently, the species reaches its southern limit of distribution in the northwest of Iran (Fig. 6), where it was found as far south as Chadegan (Esfahan Province).

Biogeographical characterization.

No biogeographical assigning is possible for this trans-Palaearctic species.