A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 626:Genetic 67–86 (2016)variability of two ecomorphological forms of Stenus Latreille, 1797 in Iran... 67 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.626.8155 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Genetic variability of two ecomorphological forms of Stenus Latreille, 1797 in Iran, with notes on the infrageneric classification of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) Sayeh Serri1, Johannes Frisch2, Thomas von Rintelen2 1 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Rese- arch, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran 2 Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Corresponding author: Sayeh Serri (
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[email protected]) Academic editor: A. Brunke | Received 17 February 2016 | Accepted 18 September 2016 | Published 20 October 2016 http://zoobank.org/A141DF2D-F1AC-406C-A342-E78E144803E0 Citation: Serri S, Frisch J, von Rintelen T (2016) Genetic variability of two ecomorphological forms of Stenus Latreille, 1797 in Iran, with notes on the infrageneric classification of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae). ZooKeys 626: 67–86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.626.8155 Abstract In this study, the genetic diversity of Iranian populations of two widespread Stenus species representing two ecomorphological forms, the “open living species” S. erythrocnemus Eppelsheim, 1884 and the “stra- tobiont” S. callidus Baudi di Selve, 1848, is presented using data from a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene. We evaluate the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I haplotypes and the intraspecific genetic distance of these two species. Our results reveal a very low diversity of COI sequences in S.