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 araxis Ryvkin, 1990 Fig. 10 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology. Stenus araxis was described from Armenia ( Ryvkin 1990 : 213) and already recorded for Iran ( Schuelke and Smetana 2015 : 805), where it is distributed from the northwest throughout the Iranian highlands as far east as 53°13'E in North Khorasan and as far south as 29°06'N in Central Fars (Fig. 10 ). Particularly in the Zagros Mountain, we usually collected Stenus araxis in high abundance. Biogeographical characterization. The distribution pattern of Stenus araxis definitely matches the Iranian glacial refuge.