Hister Linnaeus, 1758

Ghahari, Hassan, Mazur, Slawomir & Ostovan, Hadi, 2017, A Checklist of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) of Iran, The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (3), pp. 595-611 : 599-600

Genus Hister Linnaeus, 1758

Hister bissexstriatus Fabricius, 1801

Distribution in Iran: Golestan ( Bahrami et al. 2011), Mazandaran ( Kryzhanovskij 1974).

General distribution: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (Central European Territory, East Siberia, Far East, North European Territory, South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine.

Comments: Deutonymphs of the mite Parasitus fimetorum Berlese, 1903 ( Mesostigmata : Parasitidae ) were found in cattle dung in association with H. bissexstriatus ( Bahrami et al. 2011) .

Hister illigeri illigeri Duftschmid, 1805

Distribution in Iran: Alborz, Golestan, Guilan, Mazandaran, Tehran ( Thérond 1967 as Hister uncinatus Illiger, 1807 ), Lorestan ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 as H. uncinatus ).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia (South European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine ( Mazur 2004, 2011; Lundyshev 2015; Lackner et al. 2015).

Hister lugubris Truqui, 1852

Distribution in Iran: Guilan (Bandar-Pahlavi = Bandar-Anzali) ( Thérond 1967 as Eudiplister lugubris (Truqui, 1852)) , Tehran ( Kryzhanovskij 1974).

General distribution: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Moldavia, Romania, Russia (South European Territory), Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey.

Hister quadrimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran ( Thérond 1967; Sakenin et al. 2009).

General distribution: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Romania, Russia (South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine.

Hister quadrinotatus quadrinotatus L. G. Scriba, 1790 Distribution in Iran: East Azarbaijan (Tabriz) ( Thérond 1967), Mazandaran ( Sakenin et al. 2009). General distribution: Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic,

Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (Central European Territory, South European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Ukraine.