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Abstract: A list of 204 species of the Miridae from Gilan and the adjacent provinces of
Iran is provided. The following 58 species are new for Iran: Adelphocoris
vandalicus (Rossi, 1790), Anapus freyi (Fieber, 1864), Atractotomus mali
(Meyer-Dür, 1843), Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallén, 1807), Brachycoleus
caucasicus (Poppius, 1912), Camptotylus linae (Puton, 1881), Campylomma
annulicorne (Signoret, 1865), Compsidolon (Apsinthophylus) absinthii (Scott,
1870), C. (A.) nanno Linnavuori, 1971, Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) rutilus
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839), D. (D.) trifasciatus (Linnaeus, 1767), Ectagela
aspera Linnavuori, 1984, Ephippiocoris lunatus Poppius, 1912, Eumecotarsus
milidius Seidenstücker, 1980, Europiella albipennis (Fallén, 1829), E. alpina
(Reuter, 1875), E. artemisiae (Becker, 1864), E. nigrocunealis (V. G. Putshkov,
1975), Euryopicoris nitidus (Meyer-Dür, 1843), Excentricus planicornis
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836), Globiceps (Globiceps) coryli V. G. Putshkov, 1970, G.
(G.) sphaegiformis (Rossi, 1790), G. (Kelidocoris) fulvicollis Jakovlev, 1877,
Halticus apterus apterus (Linnaeus, 1758), H. darbandikhanus Linnavuori, 1984,
H. macrocephalus Fieber, 1858, Lepidargyrus putshkovi Drapolyuk, 1993,
Leptopterna putshkovi Vinokurov, 1982, Macrotylus (Alloeonycha) horvathi
(Reuter, 1876), M. (Macrotylus) talhouki Wagner, 1976, Megacoelum infusum
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839), Megacoelum pistaciae V. G. Putshkov, 1976,
Nanopsallus carduellus (Horváth, 1888), Oncotylus (Oncotylus) nigdensis
Linnavuori, 1961, O. (O.) viridiflavus longipes Wagner, 1954, Orthocephalus
fulvipes Reuter, 1904, O. parvulus Reuter, 1891, O. saltator (Hahn, 1835), O.
vittipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), Orthonotus kiritshenkoi Josifov, 1964,
Orthops (Orthops) basalis (A. Costa, 1853), Orthotylus (Orthotylus) marginalis
Reuter, 1883, O. (O.) nassatus (Fabricius, 1787), O. (O.) populi Drapolyuk,
1991, Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758), Pilophorus cinnamopterus
(Kirschbaum, 1856), P. perplexus (Douglas & Scott, 1875), Pinalitus cervinus
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841), Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) zuvandiensis V. G.
Putshkov, 1978, P. (Zophocnemis) bicolor (Jakovlev, 1880), Psallus (Mesopsallus)
ambiguus (Fallén, 1807), P. (Psallus) cruentatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1852), P.
(P.) gidajatovi Drapolyuk, 1987, P. (P.) salicis (Kirschbaum, 1856), P. (P.)
varians varians (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841), Salicarus urnammu Linnavuori, 1984,
Strongylocoris niger (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), and Thermocoris rivalis rivalis
(Horváth, 1894). The first record of Compsidolon (Apsinthophylus) nanno from
Jordan is added. One new synonymy is established: Zanchius iranicus Zheng &
Liu, 1993, syn. nov. = Z. breviceps (Wagner, 1951).
Key words: Heteroptera, Miridae, Zanchius, Iran, Gilan, Jordan, faunistics, checklist, new records, new synonym