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 ganglbaueri Bernhauer, 1905 Fig. 22 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology . Stenus ganglbaueri is distributed from Italy and the Balkans across Ukraine, Anatolia, the Levant, Syria, Caucasia, and Iran eastwards to Turkmenistan. The species is widespread in northern Iran as far east as the Binalud Mountains (Fig. 22 ), but a find in Kerman Province, which considerably extends the known range of Stenus ganglbaueri to the south, suggests a much wider distribution in the western Iranian Plateau. Biogeographical characterization. Due to its distribution in the southeastern Mediterranean, we consider Stenus ganglbaueri to be a Pontomediterranean faunal element.