An annotated catalog of the Iranian Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Chérot, Frédéric text Zootaxa 2014 3845 1 1 101 journal article 45096 10.11646/zootaxa.3845.1.1 3741bce8-9e15-4015-bd9e-3d90563cdc25 1175-5326 230400 C77D93A3-6AB3-4887-8BBB-ADC9C584FFEC Polymerus ( Poeciloscytus ) vulneratus (Panzer, 1806) Distribution in Iran . Alborz ( Yarmand et al. 2004 ; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987 ; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007 ), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997c ), Fars (Linnavuori 2009), Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007 ), Isfahan (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1997b ; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999 ; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Havaskary et al. 2010), Kordestan ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ), Markazi (Linnavuori 2009; Arkani et al. 2011 ), Tehran (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori 2007 ), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009; Gharaat et al. 2009), Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2007 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Kerzhner & Josifov 1999 ). General distribution and hosts. Holopalaearctic species; listed on numerous hosts including, Galium spp. ( Linnavuori 2007 , 2009), Medicago sativa , Solanum tuberosum and Triflium sp. ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ). Polymerus brevirostris (Knight, 1925) P. brevirostris (Knight, 1925) was listed on sugar-beet from Zanjan by Askari et al. (2009) and on rape from East Azarbaijan by Khaghaninia et al . (2010a) . However the presence in Iran of this species described from U.S. A (Minnesota), unknown from Palaearctic Region, is doubtful.