On a new synonymy in genus Laemostenus concerning a species from Iran (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini) Author Wrase, David W. Author Casale, Achille text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-25 4646 3 595 597 journal article 25323 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.11 2cc624f8-55ae-4a3c-b5f2-42ee08e3e66d 1175-5326 3351016 E07072FC-D38B-44E8-B702-F7ED251001DF Laemostenus ( Arabosphodrus ) laserae Casale & Wrase, 2018 ( 31 July 2018 ) = Laemostenus ( Antisphodrus ) hormozi Azadbakhsh & Sciaky, 2018 ( 18 August 2018 ), syn. nov. We have also to stress that the wrong attribution to a different subgenus ( Antisphodrus in place of Arabosphodrus ) is an error, which negates the high biogeographical importance of this discovery. In fact, L. ( A .) laserae is the first representative of Arabosphodrus north of the strait of Ormuz , previously known only from Oman (see Sciaky, 1996 ). On the contrary, Antisphodrus is represented in Iran by several species of different species groups with completely different morphological characters.