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 maculiger Weise, 1875 Fig. 13 , Suppl. material 1 Chorology. Stenus maculiger is widely distributed in the Northeast Mediterranean and eastern Europe eastwards to South Russia and Iran. The first records for Iran were published from Ghaemshahr in Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2009b : 1964) and Jangal-e Abr in the Semnan Province ( Hadian et al. 2011 : 4). However, we doubt these records, because we were unable to find this species in the South Caspian mountains. Our collections in Northwest Iran must be regarded as the first confirmed country records (Fig. 13 ). The locality in the Ardabil Province moreover constitutes the easternmost collecting site of the species. Biogeographical characterization. Judging from the distribution pattern, Stenus maculiger belongs to the expansive Pontomediterranean faunal element.