Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex acuminatus Linnaeus, 1758: 446 ; Cimex rostratus De Geer, 1773: 271 ; Cimex tessarophthalmus Schrank, 1781: 277 ; Aelia neglecta Dallas, 1851: 223 ; Aelia burmeisteri Küster, 1852: 393 ; Aelia pallida Küster, 1852: 394 ; Aelia rostrata Mulsant & Rey, 1866: 134 (non Boheman, 1852); Aelia turanica Horváth, 1895: 221 ; Aelia punctiventris Horváth, 1911: 100 ; Aelia acuminata var. annulipes Zangheri, 1934: 28 ; Aelia acuminata var. nigripes Wagner, 1938: 9 ; Aelia baluchistanensis Ahmad & Zaidi, 1988: 457 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia turanica ; Samin et al.

2010a), Ardabil ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1987; Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan ( Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Havaskary et al. 2012), Fars ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2012), Golestan ( Kiritshenko 1949; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Habibi Nokhandan et al. 2012), Guilan ( Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia punctiventris ; Linnavuori 2008), Isfahan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Samin & Asgari 2012), Kerman ( Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia turanica ), Kermanshah ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Havaskary et al. 2010; Mehneh et al. 2010), Lorestan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Markazi ( Hoberlandt 1997), Mazandaran ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Sakenin et al. 2008; Linnavuori 2008), Qazvin ( Hoberlandt 1997), Semnan ( Hoberlandt 1997), Tehran ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Brown 1962; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997 as Aelia turanica ; Modarres Awal 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Samin 2010), West Azarbaijan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Zanjan ( Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906, 1912; Putshkov 1965 as Aelia turanica ; Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian.

Host plants. On barley ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), wild Poaceae ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Mehneh et al. 2010; Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Triticum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Khanjani 2006), Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ) ( Khalilzadeh et al. 2007), Xanthium stramarium ( Asteraceae ), Triticum vulgare , Hordeum vulgare (both Poaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Avena sp. , and Triticum sativum (both Poaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan et al. 2010a). Mainly on Poaceae ( Festuca sp. , Poa sp. , Agropyrum sp. , Dactylis sp. , Phleum sp. ), sometimes on Carex sp. ( Cyperaceae ), Papaver sp. ( Papaveraceae ) ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005). Aelia acuminata is a plague for agriculture and greatly destroys cereals ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005).