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 alienigenus Puthz, 1964 Fig. 19 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology . Described as a subspecies of Stenus mendicus from Israel ( Puthz 1964 : 229), Stenus alienigenus is distributed in the Levant (Lebanon, Israel and Syria) and Iran, where it seems to be restricted to the northern Zagros Mountains (Fig. 19 ). Biogeographical characterization. Due to its distribution in the arboreal regions west and east of the Mesopotamian plain, we consider Stenus alienigenus as a Syrian faunal element.