Species diversity, chorology, and biogeography of the Steninae MacLeay, 1825 of Iran, with comparative notes on Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Author Serri, Sayeh Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, 19395 - 1454, Iran serrisayeh@gmail.com Author Frisch, Johannes Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, 19395 - 1454, Iran text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2016 2016-01-25 63 1 17 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.5885 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.5885 1860-1324-1-17 70C12A8100A746A38AF09FC20EB39AA6 DB22FFC7FF988742CF6E4A590479FFBC 575768 Stenus heinzianus Puthz, 1970 Fig. 16 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology. Stenus heinzianus was described from Damash in Gilan, Iran ( Puthz 1970a : 223), and subsequently recorded from Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. In Iran, it is abundant in the entire Hyrcanian zone from northern Gilan as far east as Golestan (Fig. 16 ). Biogeographical characterization. Judging from this distribution pattern, Stenus heinzianus is an expansive Caspian faunal element.