Sminthurinus aureus (Lubbock, 1862)

Material examined. Iran, Kurdistan province, Marivan-Pirsafa, oak forest, 35°33'47.64"N, 46°5'50.50"E, 1335 m, 13.V.2016, soil and leaf litter under oak trees ; Iran, Kurdistan province, Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°31'59.75"N, 46°18'2.69"E, 1335 m, 13.V.2016, soil and leaf litter under oak and cypress trees and soil in outside the oak trees .

Distribution. Holarctic (Bellinger et al., 1996 –2022), Iran – Guilan, Mazandaran (Shayanmehr et al., 2020), and Kurdistan (New record) provinces.