Patrus Aubé, 1838

Van Vondel, Bernhard J., Ostovan, Hadi & Ghahari, Hassan, 2017, An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4216 (3), pp. 225-246 : 233

Genus Patrus Aubé, 1838

Patrus limbatus (Régimbart, 1884)

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan ( Hájek & Skale 2015).

General distribution. India, Iran, Sri Lanka ( Hájek & Skale 2015). Presence in Pakistan is likely ( Hájek & Skale 2015).

Comments. The genus Patrus was a subgenus of the predominantly Palaearctic Orectochilus Dejean, 1833 , until it was revalidated by Miller & Bergsten (2012). Found in quiet areas of a small river flowing through a palm grove ( Hájek & Skale 2015).