Study on diversity of rove beetles (Staphylinidae, Col.) in Golestan Province, Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

N. Fathpour ¹ , R. Vafaei-Shoushtari ² , M. Yazdanian ³ , S. Serri ⁴

1 - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
3 - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
4 - Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research ِDepartment, Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2015-10-06 Accepted : 2016-06-01 Published : 2016-08-22

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Abstract :

During 2011 and 2013 an elementary study on the rove beetles of Gorgan (Golestan province in north of Iran) and adjutant areas was carried out. The specimens were collected by Berlese funnel, aspirator and also sifters in 14 collecting sites. As a result, 3 genera of Oxytelinae, 6 species of Steninae and one species and one genus of Tachyporinae were identified. Out of which, S. similis and S. piscator are the first record for the fauna of Golestan province. The name of genera and species are presented here:   Subfamily Oxytelinae Fleming, 1821: Bledius Leach, 1819 Platystethus Mannerheim, 1830 Subfamily Steninae Macleay, 1825 Stenus caspius Puthz, 1972 Stenus machulkei Hromadka, 1977 Stenus lenkoranus Puthz, 1970 Stenus piscator Saulcy, 1865 Stenus similis Herbst, 1784 Stenus turk Puthz, 1972 Subfamily Tachyporinae Macleay, 1825: Tachyporus hypnorum Fabricius, 1775 Sepedophilus Gistel, 1856