Checklist of the Iranian Ground Beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) Author Azadbakhsh, Saeed Author Nozari, Jamasb text Zootaxa 2015 4024 1 1 108 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4024.1.1 7dacb70c-69c1-45a2-9043-fd4901409a92 1175-5326 240494 14CBD329-5F2B-4B9E-9BBE-33993151C281 Genus Calathus Bonelli, 1810 Subgenus Calathus Bonelli, 1810 Calathus ( Calathus ) fuscipes (Goeze, 1777) Studied material: Khirood Forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars ; Redtenfoacher, 1848 ); Shahreza (Prov. of Esfahan; Samin et al. , 2011 ); Namin Village (Prov. of Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013 ); Khirood forest, NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al. , 2015 ). Calathus ( Calathus ) libanensis libanensis Putzeys, 1873 Citations: Mianeh (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Heinz, 1970 ); Kermanshah, 1800 m (Prov. of Kermanshah; Heinz, 1970 ); Provinces Fars , 1800 m and Yasuj ( Heinz, 1970 ). Calathus ( Calathus ) libanensis pluriseriatus (Putzeys, 1873) Studied material: Mahan, 2014 (Prov. of Kerman) and Geno, 2015 (Prov. of Hormozgan); (ZMTU): Qalat village, 2012 (Prov. of Fars ) and Chadegan, 2010 (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari). Citations: Kuh-räng (Prov. of Esfahan; Mandl, 1963 ). Calathus ( Calathus ) syriacus Chaudoir, 1863 Studied material: Mahan village, 2014 (Prov. of Kerman). Citations: Saguch (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963 ); Chalus, Babol and Khoramabad (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1963 ); Tarsee, 2800 m (Prov. of Tehran; Mandl, 1963 ); Shahrekord (Prov. of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari; Samin et al. , 2011 ); Arallu Village (Prov. of Ardabil; Atamehr, 2013 ). Subgenus Neocalathus Ball et Negre, 1972 Calathus ( Neocalathus ) ambiguus ambiguus (Paykull, 1790) Studied material: (ZMTU): Karaj, 2008 (Prov. of Elburz) and Rudbar, 2008 (Prov. of Qazvin). Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars ; Redtenfoacher, 1848 ). Calathus ( Neocalathus ) cinctus Motschulsky, 1850 Studied material: (ZMTU): Kordak, 2008 (Prov. of Qazvin) and Shiraz, 2010 (Prov. of Fars ) Citations: Provinces Fars and Kohkiuyeh va Boyerahmad; MohammadzadehFard & Hodjat, 2008 ); Baghin- Ghaemabad (Prov. of Kerman; Sadeghi. et al. , 2011 ). Calathus ( Neocalathus ) hyrcanus Hainz, 1970 Citations: Sardab-rud, Rud-barak, 1400-2000 m (Prov. of Mazandaran; Heinz, 1973 ). Calathus ( Neocalathus ) leptodactylus Putzeys, 1873 Citations: Kelardascht (Prov. of Mazandaran; Mandl, 1963 ). Calathus ( Neocalathus ) melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Studied material: Kermanshah, 2014 (Prov. of Kermanshah), Mahan, 2014 (Prov. of Kerman). Citations: Farsistan region (prov. of Fars ; Redtenfoacher, 1848 ); Saguch (Prov. of Kerman; Mandl, 1963 ). Calathus ( Neocalathus ) micropterus (Dufischmid, 1812) Studied material: (ZMTU): Tavir, 2008 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: New record for Iran . Calathus ( Neocalathus ) mollis mollis (Marsham, 1802) Citations: Mashahd C. (Prov. of Razavi Khorasan; Hosseini et al. , 2012). Calathus ( Neocalathus ) peltatus Kolenati, 1845 Studied material: (ZMTU): 40km S Tavir and Firooz Kola (Prov. of Mazandaran), Najmaabad (Prov. of Tehran). Citations: Mashhad env., Bozgan (Prov. of Razavi Khorasan; Wrase, 2005 ); Basmenj Village (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Atamehr, 2013 ); Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014 ).