Stenus piscator Saulcy, 1864

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 : 25

Stenus piscator Saulcy, 1864 Fig. 18 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus piscator is distributed from the eastern Mediterranean (Turkey, Cyprus, Levant) across Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia as far north as Transcaucasia and eastwards to Iran and Turkmenistan. In Iran, the species has a disjunct distribution pattern (Fig. 18 ) and is recorded for the Talish, the Turkmeno-Khorasanian mountains, the southern Zagros, the plain of Khuzestan, and Kerman. Stenus piscator reaches its easternmost known locality in the Koppeh Dagh at about 58°30'E.

Biogeographical characterization.

The arched distribution pattern west, north, and east of Mesopotamia characterizes Stenus piscator as an expansive Syrian faunal element.

Figures

Figures 13 - 18. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 13. Stenus guttula species group: ○ Stenus erythrocnemus, ● Stenus maculiger; 14. Stenus hopffgarteni species group: ○ Stenus fuscicornis; 15. Stenus humilis species group: ○ Stenus callidus; 16. Stenus impressus and Stenus incanus species groups: ○ Stenus heinzianus, △ Stenus taurus; 17. Stenus latifrons and Stenus melanarius species groups: ▲ Stenus latifrons, ○ Stenus incrassatus, □ Stenus morio, ● Stenus peripherus; 18. Stenus melanopus species group: ○ Stenus atratulus, ● Stenus piscator.