Stenus affaber Baudi di Selve, 1848

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 : 19

Stenus affaber Baudi di Selve, 1848 Fig. 3 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus affaber is previously published for Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Kazakhstan. It is collected in the eastern Zagros Mountains, northern Fars (Fig. 3 ). The record from Kazakhstan is, however, dubious, because it is based on a female only identified as Stenus cf. affaber ( Kastcheev and Puthz 2011: 439). The lack of records between Southwest Iran and Kazakhstan moreover does not support a Central Asian distribution.

Biogeographical characterization.

Kastcheev and Puthz (2011: 454) consider Stenus affaber to be a species of Mediterranean origin. Judging from the distribution west (Levant), north (Anatolia), and east (Zagros Mountains) of the Mesopotamian plain, however, we assign this rarely collected species to the Syrian faunal element.

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 1. Geographical subdivision of Iran modified after Petrov (1955) and 2 - 6 distribution data of Steninae: 2. Dianous and the Stenus alpicola species group: ● Dianous coerulescens korgei, ○ Stenus proprius; 3. Stenus ater species group: ➕ Stenus affaber, ● Stenus ater, △ Stenus hypoproditor, ■ Stenus intricatus zoufali, ● Stenus mongolicus, ○ Stenus nodipes, ▲ Stenus skoraszewskyi; 4. Stenus brunnipes species group: ● Stenus brunnipes brunnipes; 5. Stenus canaliculatus species group: ● Stenus canaliculatus; 6. Stenus cautus species group: ○ Stenus cautus. Abbreviations: C - Caspian wet forest region, D - deserts and salt marshes, G - Golestan region, Gh - Ghohrud Mountains, Hm - mountains of Hormozgan, Khu - Khuzestan Plain, NB - North Baluchestan Mountains, NKh - North Khorasan Mountains, NNW - northern part of North Zagros Mountains, NZ - North Zagros Mountains, SB - South Baluchestan Mountains, SC - coast of Persian Gulf and Oman Sea, SE - southern slopes of Elburz Mountains, SKh - southern Khorasan Mountains, SZ - southern Zagros Mountains in Fars, Z - Zagros Mountains.