Contribution to the knowledge of Carabidae in Iran with the descriptions of five new taxa, proposing of four synonyms and providing of nine new records (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Muilwijk, Jan 0000-0002-0230-226X Department of Entomology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, Netherlands. Jan. Muilwijk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0230 - 226 X uilwijk@gmail.com Author Seiedy, Marjan 0000-0002-7661-9905 School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155 - 6455 Tehran, Iran. mseyyedi @ ut. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7661 - 9905 mseyyedi@ut.ac.ir Author Wrase, David W. 0000-0003-1779-2684 Oderstrasse 2, D- 15306, Gusow-Platkow, Germany: carterus @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1779 - 2684 Corresponding author: Jan. Muilwijk @ gmail. com carterus@gmx.de text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-09 5067 1 55 81 journal article 3649 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.3 dd93a9c2-28d2-4ea2-a9be-b7a06fd31459 1175-5326 5656502 592A67E2-F023-4D77-AF2D-82636E9087C6 Demetrias monostigma Samouelle, 1819 ( Fig. 16 ) Examined material: Iran : 1 ♂ , Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, S Shahr-e Kord, Ardal , 1960 m , 32°04´13 N , 50°40´06 E , 21.x.2011 , J. Frisch leg., MNB . Distribution. This species is known from adjacent countries of Iran , such as Armenia and Azerbaijan . The distribution area is from Western and Southern Europe to Central Asia and Western Siberia ( Löbl & Löbl 2017 ). The new locality is the southernmost finding of the species. Identification reference. Müller-Motzfeld (2006) .