Studies on the Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, and Miridae excluding Phylini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran
Linnavuori Rauno
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 1-32, 2009
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Abstract: A list of 127 true bug species belonging to the families Nepidae (1 spe-
cies), Belostomatidae (1 species), Corixidae (11 species), Notonectidae
(3 species), Hydrometridae (1 species), Veliidae (2 species), Gerridae
(2 species), Saldidae (3 species), Leptopodidae (1 species), and Miridae
(Deraeocorinae, Bryocorinae, Mirinae, Orthotylinae, and Phylinae: Hallodapini
and Pilophorini) (102 species) from Khuzestan and adjacent provinces in
southern Iran is published. One new species, Phytocoris (Compsocerocoris)
bavanus sp. nov., is described, and the original description of Phytocoris
(Compsocerocoris) thisbe Linnavuori, 1999 is complemented. The following
13 species and subspecies of the Miridae are recorded from Iran for the first
time: Deraeocoris (Camptobrochis) pallens atra- mentarius Linnavuori, 1975,
Trigonotylus subulifer Golub, 1989, Camponotidea fieberi (Reuter, 1879),
Adelphocoris insignis Horváth, 1898, Agnocoris rubicundus (Fallén, 1807),
Calocoris roseomaculatus angularis (Fieber, 1864), Megacoelum irbilanum
Linnavuori, 1988, Stenotus brevior Poppius, 1910, Brachynotocoris viticinus
Seidenstücker, 1954, Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) nigricollis Wagner, 1962,
Reuteria jordanica Carapezza, 2002, Zanchius alatanus Hoberlandt, 1956, and
Hallodapus pilosus Reuter, 1882.
Key words: Heteroptera, Nepidae, Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Notonectidae, Hydrometridae, Veliidae, Gerridae, Saldidae, Leptopodidae, Miridae, faunistics, new species, new records, Iran, Khuzestan