An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Moulet, Pierre Author Rider, David A. text Zootaxa 2014 3837 1 1 95 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3837.1.1 533c476d-abac-4e19-ac8b-e636e2dd8bda 1175-5326 286722 848FCF21-B70B-401F-ABC2-F9BE1F9DBFFC Aelia melanota Fieber, 1868 Aelia melanota Fieber, 1868: 469 ; Aelia obtusa Fieber, 1868: 471 . Distribution in Iran . Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987 ), East Azarbaijan (Brown 1962, 1966; Modarres Awal 1997a , b ; Havaskary et al . 2012 ), Golestan ( Kiritshenko 1949 ; Brown 1962, 1966; Wagner 1968 ; Linnavuori 2008 ), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008 ), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a , 1997b ; Linnavuori 2008 ; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012 ), Markazi ( Modarres Awal 1997b ), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997 ; Sakenin et al . 2008), Qazvin (Brown 1962, 1966), Sistan & Baluchestan (Brown 1962, 1966; Modarres Awal 1997b ), Tehran (Brown 1962, 1966; Wagner 1968 ; Hoberlandt 1997 ; Modarres Awal 1997b ; Samin 2010), West Azarbaijan (Brown 1962, 1966; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al . 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005 ; Khanjani 2006 ; Rider 2006 ). General distribution. Afghanistan ( Hoberlandt 1984 ), and Caucasian Region and Central Asia including, Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Iran , Kazakhstan , Kirgizia , Tadjikistan , Uzbekistan . Host plants. On Triticum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a , 1997a , b ; Khanjani 2006 ), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b ), wild Poaceae ( Modarres Awal 1996a ; Linnavuori 2008 ; Nateq Golestan et al . 2011 ), Brachiaria eruciformis (Poaceae) , Trifolium sp. ( Fabaceae ) (Sakenin et al . 2008), Atriplex sp. ( Amaranthaceae ) and Hordeum vulgare (Poaceae) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012 ). It has been mentioned on several other Poaceae such as Agropyrum caespitosum , A. pectiniforme , Alopecurus arundinaceus , Arrhenatherum kotchsyi , Boisseria squarrosa , Bromus lanceolatus ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005 ) .