Genus Notonecta Linnaeus, 1758

Notonecta indica Linnaeus, 1771

Notonecta indica Linnaeus, 1771: 534 (as new species); Notonecta americana Fabricius, 1775: 690; Notonecta variabilis var. scutellaris Fieber, 1851: 477; Notonecta pallipes Lethierry, 1881: 13; Notonecta undulaae Uhler, 1884: 252 (not Say, 1832); Notonecta howardii Bueno, 1905: 151 .

Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan (Ahmadi et al. 2011).

General distribution. North America, Central America, northern South America, West Indies (Hungerford 1933).

Comments. N. indica is an American species, and its presence in Iran is doubtful.