taxonID	type	description	language	source
9C158300FFA2FF85FF0A1FBD929DA4AE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Iran: 1 ♀ (holotype of V. modestus), Shahrud (Christoph); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Shahrud, 3, 12. VI. 1914 (Kiritshenko); 1 ♀, Bushire, 3 - 20. V. 1927 (Siyazov); 1 ♂, Gabrabad, 27. IV. 1904 (Zarudny); 1 ♀, Shahbag, 30. IV. 1904 (Zarudny); Armenia: 1 ♂, Aygerlich, 6. IV. 1936 (Richter), 1 ♀, near Echmiadzin, 20. VI. 1935 (collector not given); Azerbaijan: 5 ♂, 3 ♀, Elisabethpol (= Ganja), 24. I. 1905, 8. VII. 1906 (Jakovlev’s collection), 1909 (Vinovski); Turkmenistan: 1 ♂, Kerkichi, 4. VI. 1934 (Petrishcheva); Uzbekistan: 4 ♂, 6 ♀, Termez, 14, 16, 18, 25. V., 2, 25. VI. 1912 (Kiritshenko); 1 ♀, Sherabad, 4. VII. 1912 (Kiritshenko).	en	Gapon, D. A. (2007): Ventocoris martini (Horv.) is a synonym of V. modestus (Jak.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 16 (1): 66, DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2007.16.1.66, URL: https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2007.16.1.66
9C158300FFA2FF85FF0A1FBD929DA4AE.taxon	discussion	Discussion. There are no distinct differences between V. modestus var. martini and other specimens of this species in the external structures and genitalia of males and females, with the exception of the slightly longer humeri and anteocular part of head. In all specimens of V. modestus, the ventro-apical margin of pygophore is sinuate. Some specimens from Iran (type locality of V. modestus) have coloration indicated for V. modestus var. martini. The sizes of the body and its parts in V. modestus var. martini and in other specimens of this species are overlapping. The published data on the distribution of both forms are largely coincident.	en	Gapon, D. A. (2007): Ventocoris martini (Horv.) is a synonym of V. modestus (Jak.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 16 (1): 66, DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2007.16.1.66, URL: https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2007.16.1.66
