A Checklist of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) of Iran Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Mazur, Slawomir Author Ostovan, Hadi text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2017 2017-09-18 71 3 595 611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-71.3.595 journal article 10.1649/0010-065X-71.3.595 1938-4394 5377439 Chalcionellus blanchei blanchei (Marseul, 1855) Distribution in Iran : Kerman ( Reichardt 1932 , 1941 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , China , Cyprus , Egypt , Greece , Iraq , Israel , Kazakhstan , Lebanon , Macedonia , Russia (South European Territory), Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine . Chalcionellus decemstriatus decemstriatus (Rossi, 1792) Distribution in Iran : Golestan , Guilan , Northern Khorasan ( Thérond 1967 ), Mazandaran ( Thérond 1967 ; Kryzhanovskij 1974 ; Sakenin et al. 2009 ), Tehran ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 ), no locality cited ( Lundyshev 2015 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Belarus , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Lithuania , The Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia (Central European Territory, South European Territory, West Siberia), Serbia and Montenegro , Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Kingdom , Ukraine . Chalcionellus hauseri (Schmidt, 1894) Distribution in Iran : No locality cited ( Lackner 2013 ). General distribution: Iran , Kazakhstan , Mongolia , Turkmenistan . Chalcionellus kryzhanovskii Tishechkin, 1992 Distribution in Iran : Hamadan (Behar, Sardarabad) ( Tishechkin 1992 ). General distribution: Endemic to Iran . Comments: Tishechkin (1992) stated that C. kryzhanovskii was collected from eastern Iran , but Behar (Bahar) and Sardarabad are located in Hamadan province in the western portion of Iran . Chalcionellus persicus Lackner, 2003 Distribution in Iran : Bushehr , Khuzestan ( Lackner 2003b ). General distribution: Endemic to Iran . Chalcionellus suspectus (J. Schmidt, 1890) Distribution in Iran : No locality cited. General distribution: Afghanistan , Egypt , Iran , Libya , Pakistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan . Chalcionellus turcicus (Marseul, 1857) Distribution in Iran : No locality cited ( Bickhardt 1916 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Armenia , China , Iran , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Mongolia , Russia (South European Territory, West Siberia), Syria , Tajikistan , Turkey . Comments: Reichardt (1932) doubted the record of C. turcicus by Bickhardt (1916) . Chalcionellus tyrius (Marseul, 1857) Distribution in Iran : Mazandaran ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Armenia , Cyprus , Greece , Russia (South European Territory, West Siberia), Iran , Iraq , Kazakhstan , Syria , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan .