Stenus machulkai Hromadka, 1977

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 : 28

Stenus machulkai Hromadka, 1977 Fig. 23 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus machulkai , described from the Araxes Valley ( Hromadka 1977: 4), is known from Caucasia (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia), Lebanon, Turkey, and Iran. The species is widely distributed in the northwest of the country, the northern and central Zagros, and the South Caspian mountains, where it is recorded as far east as 55°46'E (Fig. 23 ).

Biogeographical characterization.

Judging from its existence in the northeastern Mediterranean, Stenus machulkai can be attributed 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.