Stenus turk Puthz, 1972

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 : 22

Stenus turk Puthz, 1972 Fig. 10 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus turk is recorded from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey, Iran, and Central Asia. Both Iranian representatives of the Stenus cordatus species group, Stenus araxis and Stenus turk , reach their southern distributional limit in Iran and occur sympatrically in the Zagros and Elburz Mountains (Fig. 10 ). Recent Iranian records of Stenus turk were mostly collected in the Khorasan provinces in the northeast, which concurs with the wide distribution of this species in Central Asia.

Biogeographical characterization.

Kastcheev and Puthz (2011: 454) described Stenus turk as Kazakhstan-Turanian species. Judging from its distribution pattern in Central Asia, this species represents the Turkestanian faunal element.

Figures

Figures 7 - 12. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 7. Stenus circularis species group: ○ Stenus planifrons robustus; 8. Stenus clavicornis species group: ○ Stenus caspius, ● Stenus providus providus; 9. Stenus comma species group: ■ Stenus aereus, ○ Stenus asiaticus, ● Stenus bicornis, ▲ Stenus biguttatus, □ Stenus comma comma; 10. Stenus cordatus species group: ○ Stenus araxis, ● Stenus turk; 11. Stenus crassus and Stenus fornicatus species groups: ■ Stenus crassus, △ Stenus formicetorum, ○ Stenus fornicatus; 12. Stenus glacialis species group: ➕ Stenus armeniacus, ▲ Stenus hospes, ■ Stenus limicola, ○ Stenus medus, ▲ Stenus parcior, □ Stenus persicus, ● Stenus schah.