Leptopterna inopinata Vinokurov, 1982

Zamani, Mozhgan, Hosseini, Reza & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2025, New records and an illustrated taxonomic key to the genera of the tribe Stenodemini (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 1-20 : 8

Leptopterna inopinata Vinokurov, 1982 ( Figs 1F, 1G, 1J, 1K; 2G–N; 3C–E; 4C–D)

Leptopterna inopinata Vinokurov, 1982:111 .

Material examined. ARDABIL: Asalem-Khalkhal rd Site 3 (37°28'27.8''N 48°39'27.0''E), 22.vi.2021, R. Hosseini, 2♂ ; Poonel-Khalkhal Site 1 (37°34'21.1''N 48°40'27.6''E), 27.vi.2022, R. Hosseini, 2♂ / ♀ .

Diagnosis. Male macropterous and female brachypterous; body stramineous, with longitudinal black markings and covered with erect short golden setae; frons flat, projecting to the anterior margin of clypeus, rounded at apex; eyes removed from anterior margin of pronotum; ocular index 1.2–1.5 ♂ /2– 2.2 ♀; labium reaching mesocoxa in male and metacoxa in female; second antennomere in female proximally incrassate, narrow towards apex; 2nd segment ♂ / ♀: 2.7×/ 3.2–3.6× as long as width of head; 2nd segment ♂ / ♀: 1.5–1.7×/ 2.4× as long as posterior width of pronotum; vesica with several membrane lobes and two long spicules ( Figs 2G, 2H); dorsal structure in female genitalia sack-shaped and median process elongated ( Fig. 3C–D); first valvulae almost triangular, ventral and dorsal margins finely serrate, dorsal margin of second valvulae with a few blunt teeth ( Fig. 4C–D).

General distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran ( Aukema, 2024).

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Curren study); Khorasan ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal, 1999).

Comments. Collected by sweeping grasses in a hilly pasture ( Fig. 5A–B). Leptopterna inopinata is reported for the first time from Ardabil province.