An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Abstract

An annotated checklist of Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae and Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (including Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) from Iran is compiled. The total number of taxa include 39 species of 15 genera. The family Haliplidae is represented by 15 species, Gyrinidae by 12 species, Noteridae by seven species, Rhysodidae by three species, and Hydroscaphidae and Sphaeriusidae by one species each. Two species, Gyrinus (Gyrinus) dejeani Brullé 1832 (Gyrinidae) and Haliplus (Haliplidius) confinis Stephens 1828 (Haliplidae) are new records for the fauna of Iran.

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“…The Coleoptera includes 4 suborders (Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga and Polyphaga) with about 360,000 species (Jäch & Balke, 2008;Bouchard, Grebennikov, Smith & Douglas, 2009;Van Vondel, Ostovan & Ghahari, 2017). The Polyphaga is the largest group in coleopteran with about 335,000 species placed into 153 families (Slipinski, Lenschen & Lawrence, 2011) and suborder Adephaga comprises 11 families worldwide (Van Vondel et al 2017).…”

“…The Polyphaga is the largest group in coleopteran with about 335,000 species placed into 153 families (Slipinski, Lenschen & Lawrence, 2011) and suborder Adephaga comprises 11 families worldwide (Van Vondel et al 2017).…”

“…The family Gyrinidae, known 877 species in 12 genera in the world (Van Vondel et al 2017), represented 10 species and two subspecies from Turkey in 100 species from Palearctic Region (Darılmaz & Kıyak, 2009a).…”

“…The family Noteridae, known 3 species from Turkey, represented 262 species in the world which include about 30 species from Palearctic Region (Darılmaz & Kıyak, 2009a;Van Vondel et al 2017).…”