A Checklist of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) of Iran Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Mazur, Slawomir Author Ostovan, Hadi text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2017 2017-09-18 71 3 595 611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-71.3.595 journal article 10.1649/0010-065X-71.3.595 1938-4394 5377439 Margarinotus ( Stenister ) obscurus (Kugelann, 1792) Distribution in Iran : East Azarbaijan ( Kryzhanovskij 1974 as Margarinotus stercorarius (Hoffmann, 1803)) , Fars (Dasht-Argen), Tehran ( Elbourz ) ( Thérond 1967 as Paralister stercorarius (Hoffmann, 1803)) , no locality cited ( Lundyshev 2015 ). General distribution: Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Belarus , Canada , China , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Finland , France , Georgia, Germany , Hungary , Iran , Israel , Italy , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Liechtenstein , The Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia (Central European Territory, North European Territory, South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro , Slovakia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Syria , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Kingdom , Ukraine , USA .