Stenus proprius L. Benick, 1921
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Stenus proprius L. Benick, 1921 Fig. 2 View Figures 1–6 , Suppl. material 1
Chorology.
Stenus proprius is recorded from Greece ( Schülke and Smetana 2015: 837), northeastern Iran ( Puthz 2003: 93), and Central Asia ( Kastcheev and Puthz 2011: 450). A second Iranian locality was recently discovered in the northwestern Zagros Mountains (Kordestan). Judging from the findings in the very northwest and northeast of Iran (Fig. 2 View Figures 1–6 ), Stenus proprius is most probably distributed across the north of the country.
Biogeographical characterization.
Although the species was found in Greece and is expected to occur in Anatolia, its main distribution in Central Asia concurs with the Turkestanian glacial refuge. Thus, Stenus proprius can be regarded as an expansive Turkestanian faunal element. Kastcheev and Puthz (2011: 454) described this species as Kazakhstan-Turanian. Hitherto, Stenus proprius is the only representative of the Stenus alpicola species group in Iran.
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