Contribution to the knowledge of Carabidae in Iran with the descriptions of five new taxa, proposing of four synonyms and providing of nine new records (Insecta: Coleoptera) Author Muilwijk, Jan 0000-0002-0230-226X Department of Entomology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, Netherlands. Jan. Muilwijk @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0230 - 226 X uilwijk@gmail.com Author Seiedy, Marjan 0000-0002-7661-9905 School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, 14155 - 6455 Tehran, Iran. mseyyedi @ ut. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7661 - 9905 mseyyedi@ut.ac.ir Author Wrase, David W. 0000-0003-1779-2684 Oderstrasse 2, D- 15306, Gusow-Platkow, Germany: carterus @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1779 - 2684 Corresponding author: Jan. Muilwijk @ gmail. com carterus@gmx.de text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-09 5067 1 55 81 journal article 3649 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.3 dd93a9c2-28d2-4ea2-a9be-b7a06fd31459 1175-5326 5656502 592A67E2-F023-4D77-AF2D-82636E9087C6 Polyderis impressipennis (Motschulsky 1860) ( Fig. 12 ) Examined material: 2 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , Iran , Hormozgan , Minab , 19–20.v.1973 , Loc. no 203; Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha. Confirmed by J. Coulon. MNP , CJM . Remarks: A very small ( 1.81 mm ), palish Tachyina with a very short recurrent stria, not reaching posterior puncture. Front discal elytral pore on or immediately adjoining stria 3; border of elytra dentate, angulate at shoulder. Elytra with striae 1 and 2 slightly impressed and vaguely crenulate, the rest obsolete though often visible; preapical pore just in front of the apical striole. Distribution. Iran , Japan , India , Yemen , East Africa ( Réunion ), Oriental and Australian Region. Identification reference. Andrewes (1935) .