Species diversity, chorology, and biogeography of the Steninae MacLeay, 1825 of Iran, with comparative notes on Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Serri, Sayeh Frisch, Johannes Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2016 2016-01-25 63 1 17 44 6B981B78-8742-10F4-38A7-05603E01DD76 Kiesenwetter, 1858 Kiesenwetter 1858 Insecta Staphylinidae Stenus CoL Animalia Stenus ochropus Coleoptera 10 27 Arthropoda species ochropus  Chorology.   Stenus ochropusis the most widespread member of the  ochropus-  ludyi-  coarcticollisspecies 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 ochropusas an expansive Pontomediterranean species.