Stenus erythrocnemus Eppelsheim, 1884

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 : 23-24

Stenus erythrocnemus Eppelsheim, 1884 Fig. 13 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Stenus erythrocnemus is a Middle Eastern species, which is distributed from Anatolia and Caucasia across the Iranian Plateau eastwards to Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Stenus erythrocnemus has a vast distribution in the mountain ranges of Iran (Fig. 13 ).

Biogeographical characterization.

Because the majority of records originated from the highlands of Iran ( Assing 2005: 307), we consider Stenus erythrocnemus to be an expansive Iranian faunal element, which dispersed northwestwards to Anatolia and Caucasia and eastwards to Central Asia and the Hindu Kush.

Figures

Figures 13 - 18. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 13. Stenus guttula species group: ○ Stenus erythrocnemus, ● Stenus maculiger; 14. Stenus hopffgarteni species group: ○ Stenus fuscicornis; 15. Stenus humilis species group: ○ Stenus callidus; 16. Stenus impressus and Stenus incanus species groups: ○ Stenus heinzianus, △ Stenus taurus; 17. Stenus latifrons and Stenus melanarius species groups: ▲ Stenus latifrons, ○ Stenus incrassatus, □ Stenus morio, ● Stenus peripherus; 18. Stenus melanopus species group: ○ Stenus atratulus, ● Stenus piscator.