Stenus araxis Ryvkin, 1990

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 araxis Ryvkin, 1990 Fig. 10 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus araxis was described from Armenia ( Ryvkin 1990: 213) and already recorded for Iran ( Schülke and Smetana 2015: 805), where it is distributed from the northwest throughout the Iranian highlands as far east as 53°13'E in North Khorasan and as far south as 29°06'N in Central Fars (Fig. 10 ). Particularly in the Zagros Mountain, we usually collected Stenus araxis in high abundance.

Biogeographical characterization.

The distribution pattern of Stenus araxis definitely matches the Iranian glacial refuge.

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.