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 hypoproditor Puthz, 1965 Fig. 3 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology . Stenus hypoproditor is distributed from the northeastern Mediterranean, Southeast Europe, Turkey, and Iran as far east as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. In Iran, it is known from the northwest (Fig. 3 ) only. The find in the northwestern Zagros Mountains at about 36°59'N constitutes the southernmost record of this species. Further to the south, Stenus hypoproditor is replaced by the allopatric relative Stenus nodipes . Biogeographical characterization. Kastcheev and Puthz (2011 : 454) consider Stenus hypoproditor to be a Mediterranean species. According to the Pleistocene refuge theory, it can be regarded as an expansive Pontomediterranean faunal element.