Stenus aereus Solsky, 1871

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 : 21

Stenus aereus Solsky, 1871 Fig. 9 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus aereus is distributed in Caucasia, the Middle East, Central Asia, and West Siberia. In Iran, it apparently is a rare species, which we did not succeed to collect. The record from West Azarbaijan published by Samin et al. (2011b: 140) is plausible in view of the record from East Azarbaijan (Fig. 9 ), but needs confirmation.

Biogeographical characterization.

Kastcheev and Puthz (2011: 454) term Stenus aereus a Kazakhstan-Turanian species. According to the hypothesis of Pleistocene refuges, we consider it to be an expansive Turkestanian faunal element, which dispersed towards the Mediterranean.

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.