Stenus ignotus Eppelsheim, 1890

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 : 26

Stenus ignotus Eppelsheim, 1890 Fig. 19 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus ignotus was described from the Talish Mountains near Lenkoran, Azerbaijan ( Eppelsheim 1890: 226). Its area of distribution reaches from Italy and the Balkans over Anatolia, Syria, Iraq, Caucasia, and Iran eastwards to Central Asia. In Iran, Stenus ignotus is distributed in the very northwest, the northern Zagros Mountains, and the South Caspian mountains, where we recorded it as far east as about 53°30'E in eastern Mazandaran (Fig. 19 ).

Biogeographical characterization.

Judging from the wide distribution in the northeastern Mediterranean, Stenus ignotus belongs to the Pontomediterranean type of distribution.

Figures

Figures 19 - 24. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 19. Stenus mendicus species group: △ Stenus alienigenus, ○ Stenus ignotus, ● Stenus orientis; 20. Stenus ochropus - ludyi - coarcticollis species group: □ Stenus barbarae, ▲ Stenus confrater, ▲ Stenus darius, ● Stenus derwisch, △ Stenus guilanensis, ■ Stenus kambyses, ● Stenus martensi, ○ Stenus ochropus, ■ Stenus pieperi, ➕ Stenus ressli, ➕ Stenus wittmeri; 21. Stenus pallitarsis species group: ● Stenus arabicus, △ Stenus butrintensis, ○ Stenus claritarsis; 22. Stenus picipes species group: ○ Stenus ganglbaueri, ● Stenus picipes; 23. Stenus pusillus species group: □ Stenus lenkoranus, ● Stenus machulkai, ● Stenus viti; 24. Stenus similis species group: △ Stenus bernhauerianus, ■ Stenus cicindeloides, ○ Stenus similis.