Noterus clavicornis (De Geer, 1774)

Van Vondel, Bernhard J., Ostovan, Hadi & Ghahari, Hassan, 2017, An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4216 (3), pp. 225-246 : 238

Noterus clavicornis (De Geer, 1774)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Hematyian et al. 2010), East Azarbaijan, Fars ( Hosseinie 1974, 1978; Zahiri 1996; Hosseinie & Zahiri 1998; Toledo 2004), Guilan ( Bodemeyer 1927; Guéorguiev 1965c; Cox & Cox 1982; Toledo 2004; Kamali 2008), Khuzestan ( Zahiri 1996; Hosseinie & Zahiri 1998; Ghodrati et al. 2014), Khuzestan ( Hosseinie & Zahiri 1998), Markazi ( Vafaei et al. 2004; Vafaei 2005), Mazandaran, Qazvin ( Darilmaz et al. 2013), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Legros 1972).

General distribution. Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, China (Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Xinjiang) , Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldavia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (Central European Territory, East Siberia, South European Territory, West Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Nilsson 2011), Iran ( Nilsson 2003, 2011; Darilmaz & Kiyak 2006; Toledo 2004).

Comments. Living in eutrophic pools, ditches, marshes, rivers ( Drost et al. 1992). Bodemeyer (1927) reports this species from a pool in the Elbruz Mountains.