Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 15-16

Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852

Cimex acuminatus Panzer, 1796: 32 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Aelia acuminata Hahn, 1833: 120 (non Linnaeus, 1758); Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852: 50 ; Aelia cognata Fieber, 1868: 470 ; Aelia rostrata var. glebana Ferrari, 1874: 126 ; Aelia syriaca Horváth, 1903: 403 ; Aelia glebana var. confusa Kirkaldy, 1909: 78 ; Aelia brunnea Halászfy, 1955: 367 ; Aelia eminealkanata Lodos, 1959: 798 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan (Brown 1962; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Gharaat et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a, b; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011, 2013), Fars, Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad ( Hoberlandt 1997), Guilan (Brown 1962), Isfahan, Sistan & Baluchestan ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b, 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Qazvin ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961), Tehran ( Safavi 1959; Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), West Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Gharaat et al. 2009), Zanjan ( Modarres Awal 1997b; Askari et al. 2009), Iran (no locality cited) ( Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian.

Host plants. On wild Poaceae ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b; Khalilzadeh et al. 2007; Modarres Awal 2008, Askari et al. 2009; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009a; Khaghaninia et al. 2010a, b, 2011), barley ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1997b), wheat ( Farahbakhsh 1961; Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Khanjani 2006; Hassanzadeh et al. 2009b), Pyrethrum sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012); it is a plague for cultivated cereals.