Stenus limicola Korge, 1967

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

Stenus limicola Korge, 1967 Fig. 12 , Suppl. material 1

Chorology.

Described from the Erzincan Province in the east of Turkey ( Korge 1967: 251), Stenus limicola was later recorded for Iran ( Smetana 2004: 544) and the north of Iraq ( Puthz 2010: 61). We collected Stenus limicola in the Zagros Mountains and Kerman (Fig. 12 ). The gap of records between eastern Turkey (Tunceli Province; Anlaş 2009: 280) and the Central Zagros Mountains most probably is a collecting artifact.

Biogeographical characterization.

Owing to the sparse records of Stenus limicola , it is not possible to explain its Irano-Anatolian distribution pattern with de Lattin’s hypothesis.

Bionomics.

Because descriptions of many species of the Stenus glacialis group were based on single specimens and the species never collected again, Assing (2003:711) assumed they inhabit unknown subterranean habitats and are found only by chance. Stenus limicola seems to be restricted to high elevations. In Iran, we collected it between 2860 and 3000 m.

Figures

Figures 7 - 12. Distribution of Steninae in Iran. 7. Stenus circularis species group: ○ Stenus planifrons robustus; 8. Stenus clavicornis species group: ○ Stenus caspius, ● Stenus providus providus; 9. Stenus comma species group: ■ Stenus aereus, ○ Stenus asiaticus, ● Stenus bicornis, ▲ Stenus biguttatus, □ Stenus comma comma; 10. Stenus cordatus species group: ○ Stenus araxis, ● Stenus turk; 11. Stenus crassus and Stenus fornicatus species groups: ■ Stenus crassus, △ Stenus formicetorum, ○ Stenus fornicatus; 12. Stenus glacialis species group: ➕ Stenus armeniacus, ▲ Stenus hospes, ■ Stenus limicola, ○ Stenus medus, ▲ Stenus parcior, □ Stenus persicus, ● Stenus schah.