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 10.11646/zootaxa.3845.1.1 3741bce8-9e15-4015-bd9e-3d90563cdc25 1175-5326 230400 C77D93A3-6AB3-4887-8BBB-ADC9C584FFEC Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution in Iran . Alborz ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ), Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987 under the combination Exolygus pratensis ; Linnavuori 2007 ; Havaskary et al. 2012 ), East Azarbaijan ( Farshbaf Pour-Abad 2000 under the combination Exolygus pratensis ; Khalilzadeh 2008 under the combination Exolygus pratensis ; Modarres Awal 1997a ; Linnavuori 2009; Sadeghi et al. 2009 ; Gharaat et al. 2009; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a , c ; Khaghaninia et al. 2011 ), Fars (Linnavuori 2009; Zarei et al . 2012 ), Golestan ( Khormali 2000 ; Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ; Karimian & Khormali 2006 under the spelling Ligus [sic] pratensis ; Linnavuori 2007 ; Ghahari et al. 2011 ), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2007 ), Hamadan ( Khanjani & Kalafchi 2000 ; Mirab-balou et al. 2007, 2008; Mirab-balou & Radjabi 2013), Isfahan (Linnavuori 2009), Kerman (Linnavuori 2009; Memand et al . 2012), Kermanshah (Linnavuori 2009), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1997b ; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999 ; Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ; Havaskary et al. 2010; Ghahari et al. 2011 ), Kordestan (Linnavuori 2009; Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ), Kohgiluyeh & Boyerahmad (Linnavuori 2009), Lorestan (Linnavuori 2009), Markazi (Linnavuori 2009; Arkani et al. 2011 ), Mazandaran (Heiss & Linnavuori 2002 ; Linnavuori 2007 ; Ghahari et al. 2008a ; Wagner 1968a under the combination Exolygus pratensis ), Semnan ( Kiritshenko 1949 ; Hoberlandt 1954 as from Khorasan; Farahbakhsh 1961 ), Tehran ( Linnavuori 2007 ), West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009; Gharaat et al. 2009), Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2007 ; Askari et al. 2009 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Lindberg 1938 ; Kerzhner & Josifov 1999 ); generally distributed ( Modarres Awal 1997c ). General distribution and hosts. Holopalaearctic species, observed on numerous plants including, Avena sativa ( Modarres Awal 1997b ), Chenopodium album ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ) , Dacus carota ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ) , kanaf ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ; Modarres Awal 1997c ), lucerne ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ; Modarres Awal 1997c ), Medicago sativa ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ) , Pisum sativum ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ) , potato ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ; Modarres Awal 1997c ; Askari et al. 2009 ; Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ), sugar beet ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ; Modarres Awal 1997c ), sunflower ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ; Modarres Awal 1997c ), sainfoin ( Modarres Awal 1997c ), tamariks (Modarres Awal 1997; Askari et al. 2009 ), Triflium sp. ( Ebrahimi et al. 2012 ) and Vaccaria pyramidata ( Ghahari et al. 2008a ) in different environments such undergrowth in deciduous forests (Linnavuori 2009), alfalfa ( Khanjani & Kalafchi 2000 ; Mirab-balou et al. 2007, 2008; Khaghaninia et al. 2010c , 2011 ; Farshbaf Pour-Abad 2000 ; Khalilzadeh 2008 ) cotton ( Farahbakhsh 1961 ; Modarres Awal 1997c ; Khormali 2000 ; Ghahari et al. 2011 ) or rice fields ( Ghahari et al. 2008a ). Lygus punctatus (Zetterstedt, 1838) Listed from Hamadan by Khanjani & Kalafchi (2000) , Mirab-balou et al. (2007, 2008) and Mirab-balou & Radjabi (2013). The records from Iran and Pakistan need confirmation ( Aukema et al. 2013 ). General distribution. Widely distributed in Europe and Northern Palaearctic Asia.