Studies on the Miridae (Phylinae, addenda to Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Linnavuori Rauno E.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(2): 369-414, 2010
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Abstract: A list containing 95 species and one subspecies of the subfamily Phylinae of
the family Miridae from Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces is published.
Eleven new species of Phylinae are described: Acrotelus abbaricus sp. nov.,
Campylomma khuzestanicum sp. nov., Megalodactylus grandoculus sp. nov.,
Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov., Plagiognathus marivanensis sp. nov., Psallus
(Psallus) shulsangaricus sp. nov., Sthenaropsis fedori sp. nov., Sthenaropsis
zeydoonica sp. nov., Tuponia (Chlorotuponia) shadeganica sp. nov., Tuponia
(Tuponia) kurdistanica sp. nov., and Yotvata (Yotvata) farsiana sp. nov. In
addition, one new species of the subfamily Orthotylinae, Zanchius gurbandicus
sp. nov., is described and one new record each is provided for the subfamilies
Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae. A key to the genus Sthenaropsis Poppius,
1912 is provided. Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) bipunctatus albicans (Reuter,
1901) stat. nov., and Atomophora maculosa erato Linnavuori, 1971 stat. restit.
are considered valid subspecies. The following 14 species are recorded from
Iran for the first time: Anonychiella subannulata (Wagner, 1973), Argyrotelaenus
simoni Reuter & Poppius, 1912, Camptotylidea flavida (Nonnaizab & Yang,
1994), Lepidargyrus seidenstueckeri (Wagner, 1956), Lepidargyrus syriacus
(Wagner, 1956), Macrotylus cruciatus (R. F. Sahlberg, 1848), Megalocoleus
signoreti (Reuter, 1879), Monosynamma bohemanni (Fallén, 1829), Psallus
(Psallus) anaemicus Seidenstücker, 1966, Psallus (Psallus) pseudopunctulatus
Linnavuori, 1984, Tuponia (Chlorotuponia) brevirostris (Reuter, 1883), Tuponia
(Chlorotuponia) hippophaes (Fieber, 1864), Tuponia (Tuponia) macedonica Wagner,
1957, and Tuponia (Tuponia) semele Linnavuori, 1995.
Key words: Heteroptera, Miridae, faunistics, new species, new records, Iran, Khuzestan
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