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 arabicus Saulcy, 1864 Fig. 21 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology. The Middle Eastern Stenus arabicus is recorded from Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, and Iran as far north as Armenia. The record from China in Smetana (2004 : 552), which was repeated by Schuelke and Smetana (2015 : 805), is a lapsus (V. Puthz, pers. comm.). We collected the species in two widely separate localities in the Zagros Mountains (Fig. 21 ). Biogeographical characterization. Due to its arched distribution in arboreal regions around northern Mesopotamia, Stenus arabicus can be considered as a Syrian faunal element.