Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) collected in Iranian rice fields and surrounding grasslands

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ABSTRACT. Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) comprise a group of species that are present in almost all agro-ecosystems. The fauna of these insects was studied in Iranian rice fields and surrounding grasslands from 2000 to 2005. A total of 18 species from 14 genera (Aphodius,

Species diversity, chorology, and biogeography of the Steninae MacLeay, 1825 of Iran, with comparative notes on Scopaeus Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

“…3). Ghahari et al (2009bGhahari et al ( : 1964 recently published S. ater for Behshahr, Mazandaran, a record which is in accord with the distribution pattern of the species.…”

“…The terminology of the Pleistocene glacial refuges follows de Lattin (1949Lattin ( , 1951Lattin ( , 1957Lattin ( , 1967. The dubious species reported by Hadian et al (2011: 3-4), Ghahari et al (2009aGhahari et al ( : 1954Ghahari et al ( , 2009bGhahari et al ( : 1964Ghahari et al ( , 2009c, Sakenin et al (2008Sakenin et al ( , 2010, and Samin et al (2011aSamin et al ( : 2-3, b: 140-142, c: 1238 are discussed separately.…”

“…Literature records were considered only if they were confirmed by examination of the reference specimens or are plausible, because they were published by well-known Stenus specialists. The dubious records of 19 species for Iran by Hadian et al (2011: 3-4), Ghahari et al (2009aGhahari et al ( : 1954Ghahari et al ( , 2009bGhahari et al ( : 1964Ghahari et al ( , 2009c, Sakenin et al (2008Sakenin et al ( , 2010, and Samin et al (2011aSamin et al ( : 2-3, 2011bSamin et al ( : 140-142, 2011c: 1238) we could not confirm, because our repeated attempts to contact the authors were unsuccessful.…”

“…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(Ghahari et al : 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.…”

“…Stenus morio is a Holarctic species with a trans-Palaearctic distribution. The first records for Iran (West and East Azarbaijan) were published only recently by Ghahari et al (2009bGhahari et al ( : 1964. However, we were not given the opportunity to see the underlying specimens.…”