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 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.1 c8d0d7ef-0294-49d6-9601-b67ad0683e06 1175-5326 217065 5A7D0FB4-A976-4BF9-A3F1-65A09D4D6762 Genus Macrosaldula Leston & Southwood, 1964 Macrosaldula variabilis ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835 ) Salda riparia : Hahn (1834: 82, non Fallén, 1826 (misidentification)); Salda variabilis Herrich Schaeffer, 1835: 61 (new name for S. riparia sensu Hahn (1826)) ; Salda riparia : Fieber (1859: 239, non Fallén, 1826); Acanthia nigricornis Reuter, 1875: 566 ; Salda fenestrate Jakovlev, 1879: 152 ; Acanthia variabilis var. connectens Horváth, 1888: 179 ; Acanthia variabilis var. mendica Reuter, 1900: 159 . Distribution in Iran . Mazandaran, Tehran (Wagner 1961), Iran (no locality cited) (Péricart 1990; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000). General distribution. Mediterranean basin, Near East, Caucasus, Central Asia (Lindskog 1995). Comments. Pilose populations from Romania , Turkey , and the Near East were distinguished as M. variabilis connectens Horváth, 1888 , but this character represents no more than a variation as occurs in many other groups.