Stenus proprius L. Benick, 1921

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 : 19

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scientific name

Stenus proprius L. Benick, 1921
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Stenus