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A Contribution to the Knowledge of Iranian Staphylinidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 63 (4), 1235-1243, 2011 DOI:10.2298/ABS1104235S A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF IRANIAN STAPHYLINIDAE (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINOIDEA) NAJMEH SAMIN1, HONGZHANG ZHOU2, SOHRAB IMANI3 and JINOOS RASTEGAR4 1 Young Researchers Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 2 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang, Beijing 100101, China 3 Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 4 Department of Entomology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran Abstract - In this study, 94 staphylinid species of 59 genera belonging to four groups (omaliin, tachyporin, oxyteline and staphylinin) and 13 subfamilies (including, Dasycerinae, Omaliinae, Proteininae, Pselaphinae, Oxytelinae, Piestinae, Oxy- porinae, Steninae, Paederinae, Staphylininae, Phloeocharinae, Tachyporinae and Aleocharinae) were collected from dif- ferent regions of Iran. Key words: Coleoptera, rove beetles, Staphylinidae, fauna, Iran UDC 595.76(55) INTRODUCTION are associated with living flowers. Others climb on plants, especially at night, and hunt for prey. A few The family Staphylinidae, with over 46,000 species in seem to live with terrestrial snails. Their distribution thousands of genera, is the second largest family of in arid environments is restricted to moist micro- beetles after the Curculionidae (Caterino et al., 2005). habitats (Blackwelder, 1943; Seevers, 1957; Newton, Family Staphylinidae is divided into 4 groups includ- 1990). Most rove beetles are predators of insects and ing Omaliine, Tachyporine, Oxyteline and Staphyli- other kinds of invertebrates, living in forest leaf lit- nine, according to Lawrence and Newton (1982). ter and similar kinds of decaying plant matter. They This family occupies almost all moist environments are also commonly found under stones, and around throughout the world. Because none of them is truly freshwater margins. Actually there are numerous aquatic, they do not live in open waters; although species, e.g. some genera of Pselaphinae, Aleochari- winged adults may be skimmed from the sea surface nae, Scydmaeninae species, which have adapted to far from land, their presence is due to misadventure living as inquilines in ant and termite colonies, and but attests to their dispersive ability. They live in leaf some live in mutualistic relationships with mam- litter of woodland and forest floors and grasslands mals where they eat fleas and other parasites, thereby (Paulian, 1941; Moore and Legner, 1976; Newton et benefiting the host. A few species are parasitoids of al., 2000). Several species live only on seashores, and other insects, particularly of certain fly pupae. Some many which are specialized to existence in the nests staphylinids have been shown to feed occasionally of social insects, live in mushrooms. Many inhabit on slugs and snails, although apparently they are caves, underground burrows of vertebrate animals, not specialized to do so as are Cychrini (Coleoptera: and smaller soil cavities, even burrows that they (a Carabidae), nor have slugs and snails been shown to few of them) excavate. The adults and larvae of a few be an important part of the diet as in some Silphinae 1235 1236 NAJMEH SAMIN ET AL. (Coleoptera: Silphidae) (Klimazewski, 2000; New- Dasycerus crenatus Motschulsky, 1839 ton et al., 2001; Löbl and Smetana, 2004; Assing and Material: East Azarbaijan province, Maragheh, 3 Schulke, 2006). specimens, June 2008. The fauna of Iranian Staphylinidae is very di- Subfamily Omaliinae MacLeay, 1825 verse but has not been studied much so far (Sakenin Tribe Anthophagini Thomson, 1859 et al., 2008a, b, c; Ghahari et al., 2009a, b; Samin et Genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 al., 2011a, b). In total 594 species and subspecies in Anthobium fusculum (Erichson, 1839) 150 genera belonging to 13 subfamilies of Staphylini- Material: Isfahan province, Khomeynishahr, 1 dae from Iran have been identified so far (Anlas and specimen, August 2009. Newton, 2010) but the fauna of Iran is more diverse than the mentioned record. This family is studied in Genus Deliphrosoma Reitter, 1909 this paper on the basis of 4 taxonomic groups (Oma- Deliphrosoma prolongatum (Rottenberg, 1873) liine, Oxyteline, Staphylinine, Tachyporine). Material: East Azerbaijan province, Khomarloo, 2 specimens, July 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS Genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 The specimens were collected mainly by sweeping Lesteva longoelytrata (Goeze, 1777) net, light traps and aspirator from different regions Material: West Azerbaijan province, Naghadeh, 1 of Iran. Although almost all the material was col- specimen, September 2007. lected by the first author and his many students and colleagues, some insect collections of different Tribe Coryphiini Jakobson, 1908 branches of the Islamic Azad University were used Genus Coryphium Stephens, 1834 too. Information concerning specific name, de- Coryphium uludaghense Fagel, 1971 scription, locality and date of collection, place/field Material: Semnan province, Shahrud, 1 speci- on which the species were collected and number of men, June 2005. species is given. Classification and nomenclature suggested by Newton and Thayer (1992), Klimasze- Tribe Eusphalerini Hatch, 1957 wski (2000), Herman (2001) and Löbl and Smetana Genus Eusphalerum Kraatz, 1857 (2004) have been followed in this study. The re- Eusphalerum primulae (Stephens, 1834) corded insect genera have been listed in phyloge- Material: Mazandaran province, Joibar, 1 speci- netic order in each subfamily and species are sorted men, April 2005. alphabetically. Eusphalerum sorbi (Gyllenhal, 1810) RESULTS Material: Guilan province, Lahijan, 1 specimen, May 2006. A total of 94 species of 59 genera and 13 subfamilies of the Omaliine, Tachyporine, Oxyteline and Sta- Tribe Omaliini MacLeay, 1825 phylinine groups were collected. The list of species Genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 is given below. Omalium caesum Gravenhorst, 1806 Material: Golestan province, Gonbad, 1 speci- Family Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802 men, July 2006. I. Omaliine Group Subfamily Dasycerinae Reitter, 1887 Omalium rivulare (Paykull, 1789) Material: Semnan province, Shahmirzad, 2 spec- Genus Dasycerus Brongniart, 1800 imens, October 2007. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF IRANIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 1237 Subfamily Proteininae Erichson, 1839 Material: Khorasan province, Bojnord, 2 speci- Tribe Proteinini Erichson, 1839 mens, July 2007. Genus Proteinus Latreille, 1797 Proteinus brachypterus (Fabricius, 1792) Tribe Bythinini Raffray, 1890 Material: Khorasan province, Kashmar, 1 speci- Genus Bryaxis Kugelann, 1794 men, June 2005. Bryaxis longipalpis (Motschulsky, 1835) Material: Semnan province, Shahrud, 2 speci- Subfamily Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802 mens, April 2007. Supertribe Batrisitae Reitter, 1882 Tribe Amauropini Jeannel, 1948 Tribe Tychini Raffray, 1904 Genus Bergrothia Reitter, 1884 Genus Tychus Leach, 1817 Bergrothia saulcyi (Reitter, 1877) Tychus niger (Paykull, 1800) Material: Hamadan province, Nahavand, 2 speci- Material: Mazandaran province, Behshahr, 2 mens, Augsut 2006. specimens, July 2008. Tribe Batrisini Reitter, 1882 Supertribe Pselaphitae Latreille, 1802 Genus Batrisodes Reitter, 1882 Tribe Ctenistini C. É. Blanchard, 1845 Batrisodes oculatus (Aubè, 1833) Genus Sognorus Reitter, 1882 Material: Mazandaran province, Savadkooh, 2 Sognorus calcaratus (Baudi di Selve, 1870) specimens, October 2006. Material: Mazandaran province, Sari, 2 speci- mens, April 2007. Supertribe Clavigeritae Leach, 1815 Tribe Clavigerini Leach, 1815 II. Oxyteline Group Genus Claviger Preyssler, 1790 Subfamily Oxytelinae Fleming, 1821 Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790 Tribe Oxytelini Thomson, 1858 Material: Markazi province, Arak, 1 specimen, Genus Anotylus Thomson, 1859 September 2007. Anotylus speculifrons (Kraatz, 1857) Material: Isfahan province, Isfahan, 5 specimens, Supertribe Euplectitae Streubel, 1839 April 2008. Tribe Euplectini Streubel, 1839 Genus Euplectus Leach, 1817 Anotylus tetracarinatus (Block, 1799) Euplectus sanguineus Denny, 1825 Material: Guilan province, Chaboksar, 6 speci- Material: West Azarbaijan province, Ourmieh, 4 mens, August 2006. specimens, September 2008. Genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 1802 Tribe Trichonychini Reitter, 1882 Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806 Genus Bibloplectus Reitter, 1882 Material: Hamadan province, Malayer, 1 speci- Bibloplectus pusillus (Denny, 1825) men, May 2005. Material: Guilan province, Lahijan, 2 specimens, August 2006. Genus Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830 Platystethus spinosus Erichson, 1840 Supertribe Goniaceritae Reitter, 1882 Material: Kordestan province: Bijar, 31 speci- Tribe Brachyglutini Raffray, 1904 mens, August 2007. Genus Brachygluta Thomson, 1859 Brachygluta transversalis (Schaum, 1859) Genus Bledius Leach, 1819 Bledius vitulus Erichson, 1840 1238 NAJMEH SAMIN ET AL. Material: Golestan province, Gorgan, 2 speci- Stenus umbricus Baudi di Selve, 1870 mens, May 2006. Material: Khuzestan province: Ahwaz, 1 speci- men, April 2007. Genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 Carpelimus obesus (Kiesenwetter, 1844) Stenus solutus Erichson, 1840 Material: Fars province, Shiraz, 2 specimens, Material: Fars province, Shiraz, 3 specimens, June 2006. May 2008. Carpelimus pusillus (Gravenhorst, 1802) Stenus subaeneus Erichson, 1840 Material: Kordestan province: Sanandaj, 2 speci- Material: Ardabil province, Meshkinshahr, 2 mens, April 2008. specimens, June 2007. Comment: Hoplotriclis pallasii (Wiedemann) Genus Ochthephilus Mulsanat & Rey, 1856 (Diptera:
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