Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus Spinola, 1837

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 : 113-115

Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus Spinola, 1837 ( Figs 3A, 3B, 5E, 6C–6D)

Material examined. Iran, Guilan, Gangeh , (36°50'42.0''N, 49°27'39.6''E), 14.VII.2021, 2 nymphs, 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀ ; Pa Rudbar (36°36'45.3''N, 49°44'05.8''E), 10.IV.2022, 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ ; Manjil-Lowshan (36°40'48.0''N, 49°25'51.6''E), 14.VII. 2021, 4 Nymphs, 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ; near Tutkabon (36°54'47.0''N, 49°31'22.7''E), 19. V.2022, 3 Nymphs, 1 ♀ ); Ardabil, Givi-Khalkhal (37°41'06.7''N, 48°22'58.8''E), 14.IX.2021, 1 nymph, 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ , Leg. : R. Hosseini & A.Gholami .

Distribution in Iran. Esfahan, Fars ( Kerzhner, 1987); Golestan ( Kerzhner, 1987; Heiss, 2002); Guilan ( Linnavuori & Hosseini, 2000); Kerman (the record from Anbarabad ( Seidenstücker, 1958 as Nabis viridis ) may belong, at least partly, to N. pallidus or N. indicus ( Kerzhner, 1987)) ; Khorasan ( Seidenstücker, 1957 - as Aspilaspis viridis from Birdjand; Kerzhner, 1987; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal, 1998); Khuzestan ( Kerzhner, 1987); Markazi ( Modarres Awal, 1997); Mazandaran ( Heiss, 2002); Sistan va Baluchestan ( Seidenstücker, 1957 - as Aspilaspis viridis from Iranshahr, Sangun and Kuh-e Taftan; [the record from Zahedan ( Kiritshenko, 1966) belongs to N. pallidus ], and West Azerbaijan ( Kerzhner, 1987).

General distribution. Holo-Mediterranean, extending to Sahel ( Senegal, Sudan) and Central Asia ( Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) ( Kerzhner, 1996).

Diagnosis. Macropterous. Length 6.5–7.2 mm. Mostly Green ( Fig. 3A), sometimes with reddish tinge ( Fig. 3B). Antennae yellow-green and shorter than body. Legs yellow-green. Profemora often with transverse brown stripes. Profemora and mesofemora with pale, hair-like bristles, or spine-like brown bristles only on mesofemora, rarely one or two dark bristles on profemora without brown tubercles at bases. Hemelytra yellowish green, mesocorium often with brownish or reddish subapical spot. Paramere narrowish and relatively straight ( Fig. 5E). Phallus with gracile basal hook, area near the three apical hooks not spiny ( Figs 6C–6D). Measurements in Table 1.

Habitats . This species was collected on Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Fig. 1D) and or grass under trees.