An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Van Vondel, Bernhard J. Author Ostovan, Hadi Author Ghahari, Hassan text Zootaxa 2017 4216 3 225 246 journal article 37360 10.5281/zenodo.231790 ab89dbb2-7b32-43ee-baa6-1ef41471f76e 1175-5326 231790 CE0F1638-5B5B-43F9-9BAB-97ABAA326E90 Haliplus ( Haliplidius ) confinis Stephens, 1828 Material examined. Ilam province ( Table 1 ). New record for Iran . General distribution. Austria, Belgium, Byelorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia ( Central, North and South European Territory, East and West Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “Transcaucasia”, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005 ), China ( Xinjiang ) ( Jia & Vondel 2011 ) , Luxembourg, Montenegro ( Vondel 2013 ). Comments. Living in fresh water among especially Characeans in lakes, ponds, stagnant parts of slowly running brooks, streamlets, but even in brackish water. Often found at depths of more than 1 m ( Vondel 1997 ).