Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810

Azadbakhsh, Saeed & Nozari, Jamasb, 2015, Checklist of the Iranian Ground Beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae), Zootaxa 4024 (1), pp. 1-108 : 58-59

Genus Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810

Subgenus Argutor Dejean, 1821

Pterostichus (Argutor) cryobioides Chaudoir, 1868

Citations: Mountain area along the Iranian-Turkish border (Prov. of West Azarbaijan; Muilwijk, 2015).

Pterostichus (Argutor) cursor (Dejean, 1828)

Citations: Ziba-Kenar (Prov. of Gilan; Gueorguiev, 2011).

Pterostichus (Argutor) vernalis Panzer, 1796

Citations: Kurusch-göl (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Mandl, 1963).

Subgenus Adelosia Stephens, 1835

Pterostichus (Adelosia) macer macer (Marsham, 1802) Citations : Gorgan env. (Prov. of Golestan; Afshari & Khormali, 2014).

Subgenus Melanius Bonelli, 1810

Pterostichus (Melanius) elongatus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Studied material: (ZMTU): NowShahr, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran) and Astaneh, 2012 (Prov. of Gilan). Citations: Ghaenat (Prov. of Razavi Khorasan; Sadeghi et al., 2010).

Pterostichus (Melanius) nigrita (Fabricius, 1792)

Citations: Kurusch-göl (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Mandl, 1963).

Subgenus Bothriopterus Chaudoir, 1835

Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787) = melanoscelis (Marseul, 1880)

Citations: Without exact locality ( Bousquet, 2003f).

Subgenus Platysma Bonelli, 1810

Pterostichus (Platysma) niger niger (Schaller, 1783)

= subcordatus Chaudoir, 1842

Studied material: Khirood Forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran); (ZMTU): Astaneh, 2012 (Prov. of Gilan). Citations: Without exact locality ( Bousquet, 2003f); Khirood forest, NowShahr (Prov. of Mazandaran; Azadbakhsh et al., 2015).

Subgenus Pseudomaseus Chaudoir, 1838

Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) anthracinus anthracinus (Illiger, 1798) Citations : Without exact locality (Hieke & Wrase, 1988).

Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) anthracinus depressiusculus Chaudoir, 1844 Citations : Province Mazandaran ( Chaudoir, 1842).

Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) fuscicornis (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855) Studied material: (ZMTU): Shemshak, 2008 (Prov. of Tehran), NowShahr, 2010 (Prov. of Mazandaran) and Namin, 2010 (Prov. of Ardabil).

Citations: Bludan NW of Damascus (Prov. of Lurestan; Angus et al., 2009); Without exact locality ( Gueorguiev, 2011).

Subgenus Phonias Gozis, 1886

Pterostichus (Phonias) strenuus (Panzer, 1796)

Studied material: Khirood Forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Galhe rod-Khan Forest (Prov. of Gilan; Gougheri, 2014).

Subgenus Falsargutor Kryzhanovskij, 1983

Pterostichus (Falsargutor) pseudopedius iranianus Straneo, 1983 Studied material: (ZMTU): Nowshahr, 2008 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Without exact locality ( Bousquet, 2003f).

Subgenus Lyrothorax Chaudoir, 1838

Pterostichus (Lyrothorax) caspius ( Ménétriés, 1832)

Studied material: Khirood Forest, 2012 (Prov. of Mazandaran). Citations: Basmenj Village (Prov. of East Azarbaijan; Atamehr, 2013).