An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Van Vondel, Bernhard J. Author Ostovan, Hadi Author Ghahari, Hassan text Zootaxa 2017 4216 3 225 246 journal article 37360 10.5281/zenodo.231790 ab89dbb2-7b32-43ee-baa6-1ef41471f76e 1175-5326 231790 CE0F1638-5B5B-43F9-9BAB-97ABAA326E90 Haliplus ( Haliplus ) ruficollis (De Geer, 1774) Distribution in Iran . Guilan ( Guéorguiev 1965c ; Cox & Cox 1982 ; Vondel: Table 1 ), Mazandaran ( Mousavi et al . 2016 ; Vondel: Table 1 ), West Azarbaijan ( Samin et al . 2015 ). General distribution. Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, “Caucasus”, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia ( North and South European Territory, East and West Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, “Transcaucasia”, “Turkestan”, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005 ), China ( Xinjiang ) ( Jia & Vondel 2011 ) , Iran ( Vondel 2003 , 2005 ; Vondel et al . 2006 ), Serbia ( Vondel 2013 ). Comments. Living among filamentous algae in lakes, pools, ponds, rivers, marshes, brooks and streamlets. Preferably in stagnant water. Attracted to light ( Vondel 1997 ).