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 ( Haliplidius ) obliquus Fabricius, 1787 Distribution in Iran . Hamadan (Vondel: Table 1 ). General distribution. Albania, Serbia ( Vondel 2013 ), Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia ( Central and South European Territory, Siberia) , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, “Transcaucasia”, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005 ), Iran ( Guéorguiev 1981 ). Comments. Living among Characeans in stagnant fresh water in ditches, lakes and gravel-pits. Also recorded from brackish water. Up to an altitude of 2300 m ( Vondel 1997 ).