Nabis (Nabis) punctatus punctatus, A.Costa, 1847

Gholami, Arefeh & Hosseini, Reza, 2024, A taxonomic study on Damsel bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae, Nabinae) of Guilan province and adjacent areas in Iran, with an illustrated key to the genera and species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1), pp. 111-123 : 116-117

Nabis (Nabis) punctatus punctatus A. Costa, 1847 ( Figs 3C, 5D, 6G)

Material examined. Iran, Guilan, Ganjeh (36°50'42.0''N, 49°27'39.6''E), 14.V-13.VI.1995, 1 ♂, leg.: R. E.Linnavuori & R. Hosseini. ( UGNHM, Linnavuori & Hosseini, 2000) .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz ( Lindberg, 1938 misidentified as N. ferus - see Kerzhner, 1988), East Azerbaijan, Esfahan, Fars, Golestan ( Kerzhner, 1987); Guilan ( Kerzhner, 1987; Linnavuori & Hosseini, 2000); Kerman, Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad ( Kerzhner, 1987); Khorasan ( Kerzhner, 1987, Linnavuori & Modarres Awal, 1998); Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Semnan ( Kerzhner, 1987); Tehran ( Hoberlandt, 1959 misidentified as N. sareptanus - see Kerzhner, 1987); West Azerbaijan ( Kerzhner, 1987); The record from Lahijan (Guilan province) is based on a single female, whose identity was considered as uncertain already in the original paper ( Wagner, 1961).

General distribution. Europe, extending to north-west Africa and Central Asia ( Kerzhner, 1996).

Diagnosis. Macropterous ( Fig. 3C). Length 7.7 mm. Light brown. Anntenae yellow and shorter than body. Profemora and mesofemora have brown spots. Hemelytra as long as abdomen, membrane long, apically rounded. Apical part of paramere broadly blade-like, elongate and narrowish with shallowly and regularly curved outer margin ( Fig. 5D). Phallus with two hooks ( Fig. 6G). Measurements in Table 1.