Wesmaelia petiolata (Wollaston, 1858)

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan (Ameri et al. 2014), Iran (no specific locality) (Belokobylskij 1992; Fallahzadeh and Saghaei 2010; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Azores, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Madeira Islands, Moldova, Peru, Poland, Russia, USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Hungary (Papp 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Portugal (Santos et al. 2008), Turkey (Yilmaz et al. 2010; Güçlü and Özbek 2011; Koldaş et al. 2013), UK (Marshall 1887 as Wesmaelia cremasta; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Nabis alternatus Parshley, N. americoferus Carayon, N. capsiformis Germar ( Hemiptera: Nabidae) (Yu et al. 2012).