Micronecta (Micronecta) anatolica Lindberg, 1922

(Figs. 4, 5, 11B)

Micronecta anatolica Lindberg, 1922; Micronecta parvula Lindberg, 1922; Micronecta wui kashmirica Hutchinson, 1940; Micronecta yemenensis Brown, 1951 .

Material examined: Iran, Guilan Province: Rasht (37°11′45′′N 49°38′25′′E), 5♁, 16♀, light trap, 15. V.2021 ; Rostamabad, near Sefid-rud river bank (36°59′23′′N 49°34′26′′E), 7♁, 20♀, sweeping, 02. VI.2021 ; Sangar, water inlet channel to the dam (37°07′26′′N 49°44′03′′E), 1♁ 2♀, sweeping, 06. VI.2021 ; Shirkoh, brook in Divrash (36°53′47′′N 49°34′36′′E), 1♀, sweeping, 25.IV.2022 ; Dasht-e-Veyl, near brook (36°50′47′′N 49°35′00′′E), 32♁ 39♀, sweeping, 18. VI.2022 ; Eshkevarat, Ziaz road, near stream bank (36°58′33′′N 50°16′55′′E), 6♁ 6♀, sweeping, 22. VI.2022 .

Diagnosis: Body elongate; hemelytron brown; protonum brown, with pale apical band, robust, convex, wider than head, widest at middle with lateral margins weakly tapered and squared, distinctly longer than median head length; eyes dark-brown (Fig. 4A). Metaxyphus broad, short and triangular, with apex rounded (Fig. 4B).

Males: pala with four setae dorsally; ventrally, palmar area with several scattered setae in the middle, ca. 15 setae in lateral row; palar claw broadened distally, apex rounded (Fig. 11B). Median lobe of sternum VII with four long setae, apex short and acuminate (Fig. 5A). Strigil present. Prestrigilar flap on segment V as in Fig. 5B. Free lobe of tergum VIII slightly expanded posteriorly, mesial angle rounded with ca. 7 short setae marginally, lateral angle squared with ca. 20 setae of varying lengths (Fig. 5C). Left paramere: shaft broad, flattened, with a notch along lateral margin near base and short process near apex; basal lobe long, tongue-shaped (Fig. 5D). Right paramere: shaft parallel-sided, strongly bent at distal fourth, forming angle of nearly 90°, then tapering towards weakly narrowed apex, with rounded tip; base with a distinct hump on mesial side (Fig. 5E).