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 Saprinus ( Saprinus ) lateralis Motschulsky, 1849 Distribution in Iran : Kerman ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Iran , Kazakhstan , Turkey , Turkmenistan . Saprinus ( Saprinus ) maculatus (Rossi, 1792) Distribution in Iran : Ardabil ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 ), Lorestan ( Dahlgren 1968a ), northern Iran ( Reichardt 1941 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Albania , Azerbaijan, Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , France , Georgia, Greece , Hungary , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Kazakhstan , Portugal , Romania , Russia (South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro , Slovakia , Spain , Syria , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine . Saprinus ( Saprinus ) magnoguttatus Reichardt, 1926 Distribution in Iran : Tehran ( Reichardt 1941 ; Kryzhanovskij 1974 ). General distribution: Azerbaijan , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon , Syria , Turkey . Saprinus ( Saprinus ) moyses Marseul, 1862 Distribution in Iran : Bushehr ( Reichardt 1941 ). General distribution: Algeria , Canary Islands, Egypt , Greece , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey . Saprinus ( Saprinus ) niger Motschulsky, 1849 Distribution in Iran : Golestan , Sistan and Baluchestan, Tehran ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 ), no locality cited ( Reichardt 1941 ; Gomy et al. 1989 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Algeria , Armenia , Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Kazakhstan , Libya , Morocco , Pakistan , Portugal , Spain , Syria , Turkey , Turkmenistan . Saprinus ( Saprinus ) ornatus Erichson, 1834 Distribution in Iran : No locality cited ( Reichardt 1941 ; Kryzhanovskij 1974 ). General distribution: Afghanistan , Angola , China , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Kuwait , Mongolia , Russia (South European Territory), Syria , Turkey , Turkmenistan .