Species diversity, chorology, and biogeography of the Steninae MacLeay, 1825 of Iran, with comparative notes on Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Author Serri, Sayeh Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, 19395 - 1454, Iran serrisayeh@gmail.com Author Frisch, Johannes Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, 19395 - 1454, Iran text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2016 2016-01-25 63 1 17 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.5885 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.5885 1860-1324-1-17 70C12A8100A746A38AF09FC20EB39AA6 DB22FFC7FF988742CF6E4A590479FFBC 575768 Stenus brunnipes brunnipes Stephens, 1833 Fig. 4 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology. The nominotypical subspecies of Stenus brunnipes is widely distributed in the West Palaearctic eastwards to Iran and Turkmenistan. In Iran, the subspecies seems to be restricted to the northern mountain ranges, where it was found in the eastern Elburz and the Turkmeno-Khorasanian mountains (Fig. 4 ). Biogeographical characterization. Puthz (2012a : 288) considers Stenus brunnipes brunnipes to be Holomediterranean and we follow this hypothesis.