Stenus ochropus Kiesenwetter, 1858

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 ochropus Kiesenwetter, 1858 Fig. 20 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus ochropus is the most widespread member of the ochropus - ludyi - coarcticollis species group. The West Palaearctic species is distributed from Europe, except for the Iberian Peninsula, as far east as Central Asia including Anatolia, the Levant, Caucasia, and Iran, where it is recorded from the northwest as far east as Tehran and southwards to 29°09'N in Fars (Fig. 20 ).

Biogeographical characterization.

Judging from its wide distribution in the northeastern Mediterranean, we follow Puthz (2012a: 313), who classified Stenus ochropus as an expansive Pontomediterranean species.

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.