A new species of Stenus from Syria and additional records of the genus from the Middle East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) Author Feldmann, Benedikt text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2020 2020-07-31 52 1 245 251 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5277483 0253-116X 5277483 Stenus rutilans SAULCY , 1865 ( Figs 9-10 ) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ISRAEL : 1♀ (det. Puthz), Lehavim, 25.III.2005 , leg. Shelef & Chikatunov (TAU). LEBANON : 1♂ , 1♀ , Rayfoun, ca. 33°58'N , 35°42'E , ~ 990 m , mixed oak forest, pitfall trap, 9-12.IV.2016 , leg. Reuter (cFel). The original description of S. rutilans is based on two female type specimens from Jerusalem ( Israel ) and Amman ( Jordan ) ( SAULCY 1865 ). Previously a synonym of S. cyaneus BAUDI DI SELVE, 1848 , PUTHZ (2008) revalidated the taxon and illustrated the female primary and secondary sexual characters (figures 42-43). The previously unknown male primary and secondary sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 9-10 . The species, which had been reported from Israel , Jordan and Egypt ( SAULCY 1865 , PUTHZ 2008 ), is recorded from Lebanon for the first time.