Stenodema (Stenodema) virens ( Linnaeus, 1767 )

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 : 13

Stenodema (Stenodema) virens ( Linnaeus, 1767) ( Figs 1H, 1L; 2V–X; 3F–G; 4I–J)

Cimex virens Linnaeus, 1767:730 .

Stenodema virens Reuter, 1904a:4 ; Kerzhner, 1964:958; Wagner, 1974:112; Muminov, 1989:127.

Material examined. ARDABIL: Asalem-Khalkhal rd Site 3 (37°34'53.1"N 48°39'35.4"E), 22.vi.2021 ,, R. Hosseini, 4♂ / ♀ ; Givi Site 1 (37°40'21.7"N 48°20'14.9"E), 23.vii.2022, R. Hosseini, 5♂ / ♀ ; Majareh Site 3 (37°33'58.1"N 48°36'27.4"E), 23.vii.2022, R. Hosseini, 2♂ ; Majareh Site 4 (37°33'59.3"N 48°36'26.3"E), 27.vi.2022, R. Hosseini, 3♂ / ♀ ; GUILAN: Salansar (36°55'12.0"N 49°23'34.8"E), 18.vii.2017. R. Hosseini, 1♂ / 2♀ ; Gilvan-Masal Site 1 (37°18'20.2"N 49°01'35.0"E), 18.vii.2021, R. Hosseini, 1♂ ; Rostam abad-Salansar Site 2 (36°55'10.1"N 49°22'34.5"E), 13.vi.2021, R. Hosseini, 1♀ ; Salansar Site 3 (36°55'25.7"N 49°22'38.6"E), 13.vi.2021, R. Hosseini, 1♀ ; Salansar Site 4 (36°55'38.7"N 49°23'02.1"E), 13.vi.2021, R. Hosseini, 1♂ .

Diagnosis. body stramineous or pale green and covered with decumbent short whitish setae; ocular index 1.58–1.66 ♂ /1.7– 2♀; first antennomere stramineous to pale green; second to fourth antennomere uniformly brown to reddish brown; second antennomere ♂ / ♀: 3–3.2x/ 2.9–3.1x as long as width of head; second antennomere ♂ / ♀: 1.9× as long as posterior width of pronotum; labium reaching mesocoxa; vesica with 8–7 membranous and spinulate lobes, spicule absent ( Fig. 2V); sclerotized rings in female genitalia large and elongate ovoid, dorsal structure of posterior wall saclike, and median process well developed ( Fig. 3F–G); first and second valvulae expanded in ventral view and edentate ( Fig. 4I–J).

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (European), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine; North Africa: Madeira; Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Northern), Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia (Eastern and Western Siberia), Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan ( Aukema, 2024).

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil, (Current study), East Azarbaijan ( Modarres Awal, 1997a, 1998), Guilan (Current study), Hamadan (Mirab-balou et al., 2007, 2008); Northern Iran ( Jakovlev, 1877).

Comments. Stenodema virens is reported for the first time from Guilan and Ardabil provinces. Observed in Iran in the alfalfa field (Mirab-balou et al., 2007, 2008). In the current research, was collected by sweeping in a mixture of grasses ( Poaceae ) and Medicago sativa ( Fig. 5A–D).