Piesma capitatum (Wolff, 1804)

Acanthia capitatum Wolff, 1804: 131; Tingis collaris Zetterstedt, 1828: 481; Tingis anticus Stephens, 1829: 336; Tingis pedicularis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833: 19; Piesma maculatum A. Costa, 1847: 21 (non Laporte, 1833); Zosmenus stephensii Fieber, 1844: 35; Tingis apiaster Gistel, 1857: 87; Piesma pallidum A. Costa, 1862: 36; Piesma capitatum var. declivis Rey, 1893: 97; Piesma capitatum var. divergens Rey, 1893: 97 .

Distribution in Iran. Kordestan (Sakenin et al. 2010; Samin et al. 2011).

General distribution. Palearctic; doubtful in Spain and the Maghreb.

Comment. Péricart (1974) divided the genus Piesma into three subgenera including, Parapiesma Péricart, 1974, Afropiesma Péricart, 1974, and Piesma s. str. based on the structure of the antennal tubercle (pre-ocular tubercle of Heiss & Péricart 1983) and the spermatheca. Heiss & Péricart (1997) proposed that these subgenera should be elevated to the generic level. Schaefer (1972, 1981) conducted a phylogenetic analysis of the extant genera of Piesmatidae which included Piesma, Parapiesma, Afropiesma, Mcateella, Miespa, and Thaicoris . According to Heiss & Popov (2007), Thaicoris (and more generally the subfamily Thaicorinae) must be removed from Piesmatidae and transferred to Thaumastocoridae .