Study of Laemostenus species across Zagros and Central zone of Iran, with the description of seven new cavernicolous species and notes on subgenus Iranosphodrus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini) Author Tahami, Mohadeseh Sadat Author Muilwijk, Jan Author Lohaj, Roman Author Sadeghi, Saber text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-06 4344 1 115 136 journal article 31619 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.4 3c782ba4-ed7e-4064-a613-2c95aae16bbe 1175-5326 1042317 E87548A3-3CDF-43DA-A5F2-5BE87F8F1910 Antisphodrus glasunowi species-group This species-group was established by Casale (1988) for three Iranian species: L. (A.) glasunowi (Semenov, 1895) , L. (A.) mirzayani (Morvan, 1973) and L. (A.) iranicus ( Dvořák, 1982 ) . Later on three turkish L. (A.) bulirschi Dvořák, 1995 , L. (A.) baehri Casale, 1997 and L. (A.) hroni Dvoøák, 1998 , and two Iranian L. (A.) deconincki Casale & Quéinnec, 2001 and L. (A.) sulaimanensis Morvan, 2004 species were placed to this species-group ( Dvořák, 1995 , 1998 ; Casale, 1997 ; Casale & Quéinnec, 2001 ; Morvan 2004 ). Definition of the glasunowi group according to the original description of Casale (1988) : head with two pairs of supraorbital setae, lateral bead of pronotum with one pair of antero-lateral setae and one pair of baso-setae in posterior angles, antennomere 3 without accessory hairs, mesosternum denticulate before mesocoxae. Protibiae without accessory hairs at anterior sides, tarsi with short and dense, decumbent pubescence. Aedeagus small and arcuate, basal bulb well developed. This species-group includes species distributed in Eastern Turkey (Aladağlari, Bolkar dağlari Mts.) and Iran ( Elburz and Zagros Mts.).