Stenus planifrons robustus L. Benick, 1914
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Stenus planifrons robustus L. Benick, 1914 Fig. 7 View Figures 7–12 , Suppl. material 1
Chorology.
The distribution of the polytypical Stenus planifrons reaches from Germany and Switzerland over the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and the Ukraine eastwards to South Russia, Caucasia, Iran, and Turkmenistan. In Iran, the species is represented by the southeastern subspecies Stenus planifrons robustus , which is distributed in Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and northern Iran as far east as Turkmenistan.
Biogeographical characterization.
Due to this arched areal north, west, and east of the Mesopotamian plain, the evolutionary origin of the subspecies goes back to the Syrian Pleistocene refuge. In Iran, Stenus planifrons robustus reaches its southern and eastern distribution limit in the southern Zagros Mountains (29°40'N) and the Turkmeno-Khorasanian mountain ranges (59°54'E) (Fig. 7 View Figures 7–12 ).
Bionomics.
This cold resistant taxon was found in altitudes up to 3250 m.
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