Stenus claritarsis Puthz, 1971

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 : 27

Stenus claritarsis Puthz, 1971 Fig. 21 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Described from Lenkoran, Azerbaijan ( Puthz 1971: 100), Stenus claritarsis is distributed from eastern Europe (Austria, northern Balkans, Ukraine, South Russia) across Caucasia and Iran eastwards to Central Asia. In Iran, the species is widespread in the South Caspian mountains, where we collected it as far east as 51°29'E in western Mazandaran and in the Zagros Mountains southwards to 28°45'N in southeastern Fars. It was also found in the plain of Khuzestan (Fig. 21 ).

Biogeographical characterization.

Puthz (2012a: 312) proposed a Ponto-Mediterranean distribution for Stenus claritarsis , which is unlikely in view of the lack of records in all of the eastern Mediterranean. The distribution across Transcausasia and the South Caspian mountains points to an expansive Caspian faunal element.

Figures

Figures 19 - 24. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 19. Stenus mendicus species group: △ Stenus alienigenus, ○ Stenus ignotus, ● Stenus orientis; 20. Stenus ochropus - ludyi - coarcticollis species group: □ Stenus barbarae, ▲ Stenus confrater, ▲ Stenus darius, ● Stenus derwisch, △ Stenus guilanensis, ■ Stenus kambyses, ● Stenus martensi, ○ Stenus ochropus, ■ Stenus pieperi, ➕ Stenus ressli, ➕ Stenus wittmeri; 21. Stenus pallitarsis species group: ● Stenus arabicus, △ Stenus butrintensis, ○ Stenus claritarsis; 22. Stenus picipes species group: ○ Stenus ganglbaueri, ● Stenus picipes; 23. Stenus pusillus species group: □ Stenus lenkoranus, ● Stenus machulkai, ● Stenus viti; 24. Stenus similis species group: △ Stenus bernhauerianus, ■ Stenus cicindeloides, ○ Stenus similis.