Aradus safavii Hoberlandt, 1974

Kment, Petr, Kolínová, Zdislava & Heiss, Ernst, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic *, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 411-443 : 416

Aradus safavii Hoberlandt, 1974

Aradus safavii Hoberlandt, 1974: 21–26 , Fig. 1 (original description), 27 (key).

The holotype and two paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘N Iran, Wldlf. Park / Vicinity of Dasht / 650 m, 27- 30.7.1970 [p] // Loc. no. 77 / Exp. Nat. Mus. / Praha [p] // Holotypus [p]J / Aradus / safavii, sp.n. [hw] / Det.L.Hoberlandt, 19[p]72 [hw, red label]’. (Specimen card-mounted; left antennal segment IV missing.)

PARATYPE (1 J): ‘N Iran, Wldlf. Park / Vicinity of Dasht / 650 m, 27- 30.7.1970 [p] // Loc. no. 77 / Exp. Nat. Mus. / Praha [p] // Paratypus [p] J / Aradus / safavii n.sp. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]72 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (1 J): ‘N Iran, Wldlf. Park / Vicinity of Dasht / 650 m, 27- 30.7.1970 [p] // Loc. no. 77 / Exp. Nat. Mus. / Praha [p] // Paratypus [p] J / Aradus / safavii sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]72 [hw, red label]’.

Current status. Valid species: Aradus (Aradus) safavii (see KORMILEV & FROESCHNER 1987; HEISS 2001, 2008).