An annotated catalog of the Iranian Dipsocoromorpha, Enicocephalomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha and Nepomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Moulet, Pierre Author Ostovan, Hadi Author Linnavuori, Rauno E. text Zootaxa 2013 3641 4 301 342 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.1 c8d0d7ef-0294-49d6-9601-b67ad0683e06 1175-5326 217065 5A7D0FB4-A976-4BF9-A3F1-65A09D4D6762 Subgenus Plesiovelia Tamanini, 1955 Velia ( Plesiovelia ) affinis affinis Kolenati, 1857 Velia currens var. affinis Kolenati, 1857 : 475 (as variety); Velia rivulorum var. ventralis Puton, 1881 : 128 ; Velia nervosa Horváth, 1896 : 326 ; Velia filippi anatolica Tamanini, 1951 : 1 ; Velia affinis Tamanini, 1953 : 134 ; Velia affinis var. obscura Tamanini, 1953 : 140 . Distribution in Iran . East Azarbaijan (Khaghaninia et al . 2010 a, b), Fars (Hoberlandt 1955 ; Wagner 1961 ; Ostovan & Arefnia 2011 ; Linnavuori 2009 ), Golestan (Heiss 2002 ), Hormozgan (Lindberg 1941 ; Linnavuori 2004 ), Kermanshah (Tamanini 1952 ; Sakenin et al . 2010 , Samin et al . 2011 as V. affinis filippii ), Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998 ), Semnan (Horváth 1896 ; Linnavuori 2009 ), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1955 ), Tehran (Hoberlandt 1955 ; Kiritshenko 1966 ), Zanjan (Askari et al . 2009 ), widely distributed in Iran (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000 ). General distribution. Irano-Turanian. Comments. Velia ( Plesiovelia ) affinis filippii Tamanini, 1947 is known in the Adriatic Region ( Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , former Yugoslavia ) and adjacent areas like Armenia and Turkey . Velia ( Plesiovelia ) affinis marussii Tamanini, 1957 is restricted to Afghanistan , Pakistan , and NW Indian (Andersen 1995 ). Velia ( Plesiovelia ) caprai caprai Tamanini, 1947 Velia caprai Tamanini, 1947 : 42 (as new species). Distribution in Iran . Kordestan (Sakenin et al . 2010 ; Samin et al . 2011 ). General distribution. European known in Central Asia, Turkey , Algeria . Velia ( Plesiovelia ) mancinii lyciae Tamanini, 1955 Velia mancinii lyciae Tamanini, 1955 : 41 (as new subspecies). Distribution in Iran . Fars (Ostovan & Arefnia 2011 ), Isfahan (Wagner 1961 ), Khorasan (Modarres Awal 2008 as V. mancinii mancinii Tamanini, 1947 ). General distribution. Asian Turkey , Iran (Andersen 1995 ; Fent et al . 2011 ). Comments. The distribution of Velia mancinii mancinii Tamanini, 1947 is restricted to Adriatic Region ( Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , former Yugoslavia ) and European Russia ; therefore the identification by Modarres Awal ( 2008 ) is probably a misidentification. Velia ( Plesiovelia ) mariae Tamanini, 1971 Velia helenae Tamanini, 1970 : 31 (as new species); Velia mariae Tamanini, 1971 : 77 (new name). Distribution in Iran . Hamadan (Samin et al . 2011 ). General distribution. Turkey (Andersen 1995 ; Fent et al . 2011 ).