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 Gyrinus ( Gyrinus ) caspius Ménetries, 1832 Gyrinus elongatus Aubé, 1838 . Distribution in Iran . East Azarbaijan ( Atamehr 2002 ; Atamehr et al . 2004 ), Golestan ( Ochs 1953 ), Guilan ( Bodemeyer 1927 ; Guéorguiev 1965c ; Kamali 2008 ), Mazandaran ( Ochs 1953 ; Legros 1972 ). General distribution. Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, China ( Xinjiang ) , Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia ( Central and South European Territory) , Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, former Yugoslavia ( Mazzoldi 2003 ), Iran ( Guéorguiev 1981 ; Mazzoldi 2003 ; Shaverdo 2003 ; Darilmaz & Kiyak 2006; Kiyak et al . 2006). Comments. Puddles and slowly flowing streams; fresh and brackish water (Kiyak et al . 2006). Bodemeyer (1927) reports this species from a brooklet in the Elbruz Mountains.