Aelia melanota Fieber, 1868

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

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scientific name	Aelia melanota Fieber, 1868
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Aelia melanota Fieber, 1868: 469 ; Aelia obtusa Fieber, 1868: 471 .

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Modarres Awal 1987), East Azarbaijan (Brown 1962, 1966; Modarres Awal 1997a, b; Havaskary et al. 2012), Golestan ( Kiritshenko 1949; Brown 1962, 1966; Wagner 1968; Linnavuori 2008), Guilan ( Linnavuori 2008), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997b; Linnavuori 2008; Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012), Markazi ( Modarres Awal 1997b), Mazandaran ( Hoberlandt 1997; Sakenin et al. 2008), Qazvin (Brown 1962, 1966), Sistan & Baluchestan (Brown 1962, 1966; Modarres Awal 1997b), Tehran (Brown 1962, 1966; Wagner 1968; Hoberlandt 1997; Modarres Awal 1997b; Samin 2010), West Azarbaijan (Brown 1962, 1966; Nateq Golestan 2004; Nateq Golestan et al. 2004, 2010a, b, c, 2011), Iran (no locality cited) ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005; Khanjani 2006; Rider 2006).

General distribution. Afghanistan ( Hoberlandt 1984), and Caucasian Region and Central Asia including, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan.

Host plants. On Triticum sp. ( Poaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1996a, 1997a, b; Khanjani 2006), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997b), wild Poaceae ( Modarres Awal 1996a; Linnavuori 2008; Nateq Golestan et al. 2011), Brachiaria eruciformis ( Poaceae ), Trifolium sp. ( Fabaceae ) (Sakenin et al. 2008), Atriplex sp. ( Amaranthaceae ) and Hordeum vulgare ( Poaceae ) ( Nateq Golestan & Modarres Awal 2012). It has been mentioned on several other Poaceae such as Agropyrum caespitosum , A. pectiniforme , Alopecurus arundinaceus , Arrhenatherum kotchsyi , Boisseria squarrosa , Bromus lanceolatus ( Derjanschi & Péricart 2005) .

References

Derjanschi, V. & Pericart, J. (2005) Hemipteres Pentatomoidea euro-mediterraneens. Vol. 1: Generalites. Systematique. Premiere Partie. Faune de France, 90. F. F. S. S. N. ed., Paris. 494 pp.

Havaskary, M., Farshbaf Pour-Abad, R., Kazemi, M. H. & Rafeii, A. (2012) A contribution to the stink bugs from Khodafarin, NW Iran (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 7 (1), 607 - 616.

Hoberlandt, L. (1984) Heteroptera of Afghanistan. Acanthosomatidae, Cydnidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 17, 69 - 128.

Hoberlandt, L. (1997) Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran 1970, 1973 and 1977; Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae, Cydnidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 44 (1995), 181 - 293.

Khanjani, M. (2006) Field crop pests in Iran. Bu-Ali Sina University of Hamadan Press, 719 pp. (in Persian).

Kiritshenko, A. N. (1949) Nastojag Eije poluiestkokrylyje (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) sobrannye akad. E. N. Pavlovskim v 1942 g. v Irane. IFudy 2001. AN SSSR, 8, 879 - 887.

Linnavuori, R. E. (2008) Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 48 (1), 1 - 21.

Modarres Awal, M. (1987) Collecting and determining of the fauna of Heteroptera in Ardabil area and research station of University of Tabriz in Moghan. Journal of the Entomological Society of Iran, 9 (1 - 2), 15 - 28 (in Persian, English summary).

Modarres Awal, M. (1996 a) Studies on some Pentatomorpha (Heteroptera) fauna in north of Khorasan province. Journal of Agricultural Science & Technology, University of Mashhad, 9 (2), 121 - 144. [in Persian, English summary]

Modarres Awal, M. (1997 a) Determination of some fauna of Cimicomorpha and Pentatomorpha (Het.) in Tabriz area. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, University of Tabriz, 7 (3 & 4), 43 - 56. [in Persian, English summary]

Modarres Awal, M. (1997 b) Family Pentatomidae (Heteroptera), pp. 76 - 81. In: Modarres Awal, M. (ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Ferdowsi University Press, 429 pp.

Nateq Golestan, M., Safaralizadeh, M. H. & Sarafrazi, A. M. (2011) Faunistic study on Pentatomid bugs (Hem., Heteroptera) in West Azarbaijan province, Iran. Journal of Entomological Research, 2 (4), 319 - 328. [in Persian, English summary]

Nateq Golestan, N. & Modarres Awal, M. (2012) Faunistic study on pentatomid and scutellerid bugs (Hem.: Heteroptera) from Birjand county and suburbs in South Khorasan province (Iran). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 7 (1), 462 - 466.

Rider, D. A. (2006) Family Pentatomidae. In Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Volume 5. Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiii + 550 pp. [Article: 233 - 402].

Wagner, E. (1968) Contribution a la Faune de l'Iran. 7. Hemipteres Heteropteres (pro parte). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (Nouvelle serie), 4, 437 - 453.